EXHIBITION OPENING | RESIDENT ALIEN
Exhibition
Resident Alien:
Austrian Architects in America
SEP 25, 2019 – FEB 17, 2020
Austrian Cultural Forum New York
11 East 52nd Street, New York
The upcoming exhibition Resident Alien is shining a light on the distinct cultural contributions that iconic Austrian-American architects like Adolf Loos, Richard Neutra, Ella Briggs, and Rudolph Schindler have made over the last century in the United States and how their legacy continues in the current generation. Curated by Stephen Phillips and Axel Schmitzberger, Resident Alien: Austrian Architects in America features numerous practitioners whose expertise not only changed the profession but in some cases, the American zeitgeist .
Featured architects and designers include:
Raimund Abraham, Herwig Baumgartner, Ella Briggs, Elizabeth Close, Matias del Campo, Paul Frankl, Victor Gruen, Erwin Hauer, Haus-Rucker-Co., Coop Himmelb(l)au, Hans Hollein, Barbara Imhof, Christoph Kapeller, Frederick Kiesler, Hubert Klumpner, Julia Koerner, Duks Koschitz, Christoph a. Kumpusch, Andrea Lenardin, Adolf Loos, Sandra Manniger, Mark Mack, Richard Neutra, Carl Pruscha, Friedrich St.Florian, Rudolph Schindler, Axel Schmitzberger, Peter Trummer, Joseph Urban, Bettina Zerza, Liane Zimbler, and Susanne Zottl.
The exhibition has been supported by generous contributions from List GC, Zumtobel Group and Arktura.
Image Credit: Peter Trummer with Elisabeth Sinnesberger, Pile City Vienna, Courtesy Peter Trummer Architect, © Peter Trummer/Elisabeth Sinnesberger, 2015.