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Exhibition |

February 23 to September 8, 2019

Pattern and Decoration
Ornament as Promise

Pattern and Decoration

Curated by Manuela Ammer

 

Ornament as Promise was the premise of the Pattern and Decoration movement in the United States (1975–1985). In this exhibition, mumok presents the rich collection of works from this movement of Peter and Irene Ludwig, in the largest presentation of Pattern and Decoration in German-speaking Europe since the 1980s.
With oriental-style mosaics, monumental textile collages, paintings, installations, and performances, in the 1970s committed feminist artists like Miriam Schapiro, Joyce Kozloff, Valerie Jaudon, and Robert Kushner aimed to bring color, formal diversity, and emotion back into art. Decoration played a key role, with its connotations of the techniques of artisanship. Various ornamental traditions, from the Islamic world to North American Indians to Art Deco, were incorporated in their works, opening up a view beyond geographical and historical boundaries. A proximity to folk art was sought as a deliberate counter to the “purism” of the art of the 1960s.

 

With works by Brad Davis, Frank Faulkner, Tina Girouard, Valerie Jaudon, Joyce Kozloff, Robert Kushner, Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt, Kim MacConnel, Miriam Schapiro, Kendall Shaw, Ned Smyth, Robert Zakanitch, and Joe Zucker

 

The project was initiated by the Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst Aachen and realized in cooperation with the mumok – Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien. Following the venues in Aachen and Vienna, the exhibition will be on view at the Ludwig Museum – Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest.

 

 

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Cover of the publication Pattern and Decoration. Ornament as Promise
Catalog | 2018
Pattern and Decoration. Ornament as Promise
Patron
 Logo: Terra Foundation for American Art
Patron
 Logo of Peter und Irene Ludwig Stiftung
Sponsor
 Logo: Dorotheum seit 1707
Kindly supported by
 Logo: U.S. Embassy Vienna
Project Partner
 Logo: Kohlmaier - Realisiert Visionen

Hotel Partner: Hotel Beethoven