MISFITTING TOGETHER. Serial Formations of Pop Art, Minimal Art and Conceptual Art

“I was reflecting that most people thought the Factory was a place where everybody had the same attitudes about everything; the truth was, we were all odds-and-ends misfits, somehow misfitting together.” (Andy Warhol and Pat Hackett, POPism: The Warhol Sixties, London 2007/1980, p. 276)

Andy Warhol’s titular words serve as the starting point for the first exhibition of mumok’s thematic Warhol focus, which is conceived as a trilogy. The two other parts—ANDY WARHOL EXHIBITS a glittering alternative and DEFROSTING THE ICEBOX. Guesting at mumok: The Hidden Collections of the Antiques Collection of Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien and Weltmuseum Wien—will open on September 25, 2020.
Andy Warhol’s last exhibition at mumok was in 1981, when he was still alive. Some forty years later, it seems long overdue to present his oeuvre in a comprehensive art-historical context. The collection exhibition, MISFITTING TOGETHER. Serial Formations of Pop Art, Minimal Art and Conceptual Art faces the challenge not only of situating Warhol in the field of Pop Art but also of painting a more nuanced picture of the times by including works of Minimal and Conceptual Art—both collection emphases of Peter and Irene Ludwig. Juxtaposing these movements will show how strongly they have influenced each other and how hard it is to pigeonhole them art-historically. Warhol’s work can thus be experienced in a contemporary historical context.

Curated by Marianne Dobner and Naoko Kaltschmidt

This project was supported by the Peter and Irene Ludwig Foundation
 

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