EXHIBITION PANEL | DISPLAY OF THE CENTURIES. FREDERICK KIESLER AND CONTEMPORARY ART

Opening panel| MAR 31, 2015, 6 PM – 7 PM

Presented by the Austrian Cultural Forum New York

The panel talk is moderated by Bettina Zerza (ZERZA Architects) and will feature:

Peter Bogner (Exhibition curator and director of Austrian Frederick and Lillian Kiesler Private Foundation Vienna)
Pedro Gadanho (MoMA)
Richard Jochum (Artist)
Diane Lewis (The Cooper Union)
Hani Rashid (Asymptote Architects)

The group exhibition Display of the Centuries. Frederick Kiesler and Contemporary Art at the Austrian Cultural Forum New York is dedicated to the work and ideas of the Austrian American architect, designer, artist, and theoretician Frederick Kiesler, as 2015 marks the 50th anniversary of his death, his 125th birthday, and the 50th anniversary of the completion of his most famous work, the Shrine of the Book in Jerusalem.

OPENING EVENTS

The panel talk of Display of the Centuries. Frederick Kiesler and Contemporary Art will take place from 6PM to 7PM on Tuesday, March 31, 2015.

Images:

1: Frederick Kiesler Arrives in New York. Vintage print, 1926. Underwood&Underwood.

2: International Exhibition of New Theater Techniques, Vienna. Vintage print, 1924.

3: City in Space. Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, Paris. Vintage print, 1925.

4: Abstract Gallery, Art of This Century, New York. Vintage print, 1942.

5: Bloodflames 1947, Hugo Gallery, New York. Vintage print, 1947.

6: Salle de Superstition, Exposition Internationale du Surréalisme, Galerie Maeght, Paris. Vintage print, 1947.

All images ©Austrian Frederick and Lillian Kiesler Private Foundation Vienna