May 23, 2025 to April 6, 2026
The World of Tomorrow Will Have Been Another Present
The World of Tomorrow Will Have Been Another Present
The exhibition The World of Tomorrow Will Have Been Another Present draws connections between works of classical modernism and contemporary art, between the 1920s and the 2020s. The exhibition features five large-scale installations, five exhibitions in one exhibition, linked together by the participating artists’ shared interest in the topic of time.
Nikita Kadan, Barbara Kapusta, Frida Orupabo, Lisl Ponger, and Anita Witek were invited to select works of classical modernism from the mumok collection and enter into a dialogue with them. In an exchange and in debate, confronting issues against the backdrop of disparate temporal conditions, through formal analogies and aesthetic contradictions, the five artists tackle both historical and contemporary subject matters: be it image politics between propaganda and critique, from careless to sensitive practices of appropriation, body images between identity politics and universalism, or the constitution of society between the desire for clear-cut categories and the complexity of a thoroughly networked world.
Curated by Franz Thalmair
in collaboration with Nikita Kadan, Barbara Kapusta, Frida Orupabo, Lisl Ponger, and Anita Witek.
Artists: Alexander Archipenko, Hans Arp, Giacomo Balla, Willi Baumeister, Rudolf Belling, Hans Bellmer, Herbert Bayer, Karl Blossfeldt, Louise Bourgeois, Constantin Brâncuşi, Victor Brauner, André Derain, Friedl Dicker-Brandeis, Marcel Duchamp, Raymond Duchamp Villon, Max Ernst, Alberto Giacometti, Julio González, Juan Gris, George Grosz, Albert Paris Gütersloh, Raoul Hausmann, Florence Henri, Johannes Itten, Nikita Kadan, Barbara Kapusta, Friedrich Kiesler, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Henri Laurens, Fernand Léger, René Magritte, Kazimir Malevich, André Masson, Vladimir W. Mayakovsky, László Moholy-Nagy, František Muzika, Frida Orupabo, Alicia Penalba, Antoine Pevsner, Franz Pomassl, Lisl Ponger, Man Ray, Germaine Richier, Aleksander Mikhailovich Rodchenko, August Sander, Oskar Schlemmer, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Victor Servranckx, Edward J. Steichen, Alexander Stern, Nikola Vučo, Anita Witek, Fritz Wotruba, Ossip Zadkine
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01a Schlemmer
01a Schlemmer
Oskar Schlemmer
Abstract Figure, 1921 (1962)
107 x 63 x 21 cm
Bronze casting
mumok - Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, acquired in 1962
© public domain
Oskar Schlemmer
Abstract Figure, 1921 (1962)
107 x 63 x 21 cm
Bronze casting
mumok - Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, acquired in 1962
© public domain
01b Kapusta
01b Kapusta
Barbara Kapusta
Hand (Upright), 2018
39 x 29 x 15 cm
Porcelain, transparent glace, platinum
mumok - Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, acquired with support of BKA, Sektion Kunst, 2018
© Bildrecht, Wien 2025
Barbara Kapusta
Hand (Upright), 2018
39 x 29 x 15 cm
Porcelain, transparent glace, platinum
mumok - Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, acquired with support of BKA, Sektion Kunst, 2018
© Bildrecht, Wien 2025
02a Bellmer
02a Bellmer
Hans Bellmer
The Mouth, 1935
16 x 16 cm
Silver-bromide print, colored
mumok - Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, acquired in 1978
© Bildrecht, Wien 2025
Hans Bellmer
The Mouth, 1935
16 x 16 cm
Silver-bromide print, colored
mumok - Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, acquired in 1978
© Bildrecht, Wien 2025
02b Kadan
02b Kadan
Nikita Kadan
Victory (Small White Shelf), Reconstruction of the model for the monument “The Three Russian Revolutions: 1825, 1905 and 1917“, by Vasyl Yermylov, 1922–1925, 2017
210 x 150 x 80 cm
Wood, color, ceramic cups, glass, concrete
mumok - Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, acquired with support of the Society of the Friends of Fine Arts Vienna, 2020
© Nikita Kadan
Nikita Kadan
Victory (Small White Shelf), Reconstruction of the model for the monument “The Three Russian Revolutions: 1825, 1905 and 1917“, by Vasyl Yermylov, 1922–1925, 2017
210 x 150 x 80 cm
Wood, color, ceramic cups, glass, concrete
mumok - Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, acquired with support of the Society of the Friends of Fine Arts Vienna, 2020
© Nikita Kadan
03a Gris
03a Gris
Juan Gris
Carafe, Glass and Newspaper, 1919
40 x 33 x 2 cm
Oil on canvas
mumok - Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, donation by Emanuel and Sofie Fohn 1994
© public domain
Juan Gris
Carafe, Glass and Newspaper, 1919
40 x 33 x 2 cm
Oil on canvas
mumok - Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, donation by Emanuel and Sofie Fohn 1994
© public domain
03b Witek
03b Witek
Anita Witek
Reflex Of Freedom, 2022
120 x 182.5 cm
Analog C-Print
mumok - Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, acquired with support of BKA, Sektion Kunst, 2022
© Bildrecht, Wien 2025
Anita Witek
Reflex Of Freedom, 2022
120 x 182.5 cm
Analog C-Print
mumok - Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, acquired with support of BKA, Sektion Kunst, 2022
© Bildrecht, Wien 2025
04a Magritte
04a Magritte
René Magritte
Dieu, le huitième jour, 1937 (1976)
8 x 14 cm
b/w photograph
mumok - Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, acquired in 1995
© Bildrecht, Wien 2025
René Magritte
Dieu, le huitième jour, 1937 (1976)
8 x 14 cm
b/w photograph
mumok - Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, acquired in 1995
© Bildrecht, Wien 2025
04b Ponger
04b Ponger
Lisl Ponger
Wild Places, 2000
130 x 106 cm
Color photograph
mumok - Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, acquired with support of BKA, Sektion Kunst, 2006
© Bildrecht, Wien 2025
Lisl Ponger
Wild Places, 2000
130 x 106 cm
Color photograph
mumok - Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, acquired with support of BKA, Sektion Kunst, 2006
© Bildrecht, Wien 2025
05a Bayer
05a Bayer
Herbert Bayer
hands act, 1932
35.4 x 28 cm
b/w photograph
mumok - Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, donation by Oswald Oberhuber 1979
© Bildrecht, Wien 2025
Herbert Bayer
hands act, 1932
35.4 x 28 cm
b/w photograph
mumok - Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, donation by Oswald Oberhuber 1979
© Bildrecht, Wien 2025
05b Orupabo
05b Orupabo
Frida Orupabo
Untitled, 2020
84 x 135 cm
Collage, mounted on aluminium
mumok - Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, On loan from the Austrian Ludwig Foundation, since 2021
© Frida Orupabo
Frida Orupabo
Untitled, 2020
84 x 135 cm
Collage, mounted on aluminium
mumok - Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, On loan from the Austrian Ludwig Foundation, since 2021
© Frida Orupabo
06 Baumeister
06 Baumeister
Willi Baumeister
Wallpiece Black-Pink, 1923–1929
116 x 76 cm
Oil, wood, sand on plywood
mumok - Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, acquired in 1967
© Bildrecht, Wien 2025
Willi Baumeister
Wallpiece Black-Pink, 1923–1929
116 x 76 cm
Oil, wood, sand on plywood
mumok - Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, acquired in 1967
© Bildrecht, Wien 2025
07 Exhibition view
07 Exhibition view
Exhibition view The World of Tomorrow Will Have Been Another Present, May 23, 2025 to April 6, 2026
Alicia Penaba, La chispa, 1957
Fritz Wotruba, Sitzende, 1929
Barbara Kapusta, Third (Upright), 2022
Barbara Kapusta, Hand (Upright), 2018
Barbara Kapusta, O (Upright), 2018
Barbara Kapusta, Tis Is The Space We Inhabit As Neighbors, 2025
Barbara Kapusta, Four (Reclining), 2023
Photo: © Klaus Pichler/mumok
Exhibition view The World of Tomorrow Will Have Been Another Present, May 23, 2025 to April 6, 2026
Alicia Penaba, La chispa, 1957
Fritz Wotruba, Sitzende, 1929
Barbara Kapusta, Third (Upright), 2022
Barbara Kapusta, Hand (Upright), 2018
Barbara Kapusta, O (Upright), 2018
Barbara Kapusta, Tis Is The Space We Inhabit As Neighbors, 2025
Barbara Kapusta, Four (Reclining), 2023
Photo: © Klaus Pichler/mumok
08 Exhibition view
08 Exhibition view
Exhibition view The World of Tomorrow Will Have Been Another Present, May 23, 2025 to April 6, 2026
Barbara Kapusta, Second (Reclining), 2023
Rudolf Belling, Skulptur 23, 1923
Victor Servranckx, Plastik Opus I, 1921
Friedl Dicker-Brandeis, Zeichnung eines Frauenkopfes, 1920
Oskar Schlemmer, Abstrakte Figur, 1921
Victor Brauner, Die zornige Mutter, 1944
George Grosz, Cape Cod Dunes, 1945
Photo: © Klaus Pichler/mumok
Exhibition view The World of Tomorrow Will Have Been Another Present, May 23, 2025 to April 6, 2026
Barbara Kapusta, Second (Reclining), 2023
Rudolf Belling, Skulptur 23, 1923
Victor Servranckx, Plastik Opus I, 1921
Friedl Dicker-Brandeis, Zeichnung eines Frauenkopfes, 1920
Oskar Schlemmer, Abstrakte Figur, 1921
Victor Brauner, Die zornige Mutter, 1944
George Grosz, Cape Cod Dunes, 1945
Photo: © Klaus Pichler/mumok
09 Exhibition view
09 Exhibition view
Exhibition view The World of Tomorrow Will Have Been Another Present, May 23, 2025 to April 6, 2026
Lisl Ponger, Work on Progress, 2025
Lisl Ponger, Geisterbeschwörung, 2012
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Bildnis (Rückseite von Grünes Haus), 1923
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Haus am Bahnhof, 1908
Photo: © Klaus Pichler/mumok
Exhibition view The World of Tomorrow Will Have Been Another Present, May 23, 2025 to April 6, 2026
Lisl Ponger, Work on Progress, 2025
Lisl Ponger, Geisterbeschwörung, 2012
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Bildnis (Rückseite von Grünes Haus), 1923
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Haus am Bahnhof, 1908
Photo: © Klaus Pichler/mumok
10 Exhibition view
10 Exhibition view
Exhibition view The World of Tomorrow Will Have Been Another Present, May 23, 2025 to April 6, 2026
Edward J. Steichen, Heavy Roses, VOULANGIS, FRANCE; from the portfolio: The Early Years 1900 – 1927, 1914
Albert Paris von Gütersloh, Stilleben mit gelbem Fächer, 1925
Lisl Ponger, Lasst tausend Blumen blühen, 2007
Florence Henri, Komposition II, 1928
Florence Henri, Selbstportrait, 1928
Lisl Ponger, Teilnehmende Beobachterin, 2016
August Sander, Heinrich Hörle malt den Boxer Hein Domgörgen, 1929
Alexander Michailowitsch Rodtschenko, Mädchen mit Leica (Porträt der Fotoreporterin E. Lemberg); aus der Mappe: Schwarz und Weiß, 1934
Photo: © Klaus Pichler/mumok
Exhibition view The World of Tomorrow Will Have Been Another Present, May 23, 2025 to April 6, 2026
Edward J. Steichen, Heavy Roses, VOULANGIS, FRANCE; from the portfolio: The Early Years 1900 – 1927, 1914
Albert Paris von Gütersloh, Stilleben mit gelbem Fächer, 1925
Lisl Ponger, Lasst tausend Blumen blühen, 2007
Florence Henri, Komposition II, 1928
Florence Henri, Selbstportrait, 1928
Lisl Ponger, Teilnehmende Beobachterin, 2016
August Sander, Heinrich Hörle malt den Boxer Hein Domgörgen, 1929
Alexander Michailowitsch Rodtschenko, Mädchen mit Leica (Porträt der Fotoreporterin E. Lemberg); aus der Mappe: Schwarz und Weiß, 1934
Photo: © Klaus Pichler/mumok
11 Exhibition view
11 Exhibition view
Exhibition view The World of Tomorrow Will Have Been Another Present, May 23, 2025 to April 6, 2026
Constantin Brâncuşi, La Négresse blonde II, 1933
Ossip Zadkine, Formes féminines, 1922
Henri Laurens, La mère, 1935
Frida Orupabo, Untitled, 2020
Photo: © Klaus Pichler/mumok
Exhibition view The World of Tomorrow Will Have Been Another Present, May 23, 2025 to April 6, 2026
Constantin Brâncuşi, La Négresse blonde II, 1933
Ossip Zadkine, Formes féminines, 1922
Henri Laurens, La mère, 1935
Frida Orupabo, Untitled, 2020
Photo: © Klaus Pichler/mumok
12 Exhibition view
12 Exhibition view
Exhibition view The World of Tomorrow Will Have Been Another Present, May 23, 2025 to April 6, 2026
Frida Orupabo, Untitled, 2020
Alberto Giacometti, Femme debout III, 1962
Louise Bourgeois, Observer, 1947
Frida Orupabo, Turning, 2021
Photo: © Klaus Pichler/mumok
Exhibition view The World of Tomorrow Will Have Been Another Present, May 23, 2025 to April 6, 2026
Frida Orupabo, Untitled, 2020
Alberto Giacometti, Femme debout III, 1962
Louise Bourgeois, Observer, 1947
Frida Orupabo, Turning, 2021
Photo: © Klaus Pichler/mumok
13 Exhibition view
13 Exhibition view
Exhibition view The World of Tomorrow Will Have Been Another Present, May 23, 2025 to April 6, 2026
Anita Witek, Eskaliernendes Commitment, 2022
Antoine Pevsner, Konstruktion für einen Flughafen, 1934
Photo: © Klaus Pichler/mumok
Exhibition view The World of Tomorrow Will Have Been Another Present, May 23, 2025 to April 6, 2026
Anita Witek, Eskaliernendes Commitment, 2022
Antoine Pevsner, Konstruktion für einen Flughafen, 1934
Photo: © Klaus Pichler/mumok
14 Exhibition view
14 Exhibition view
Exhibition view The World of Tomorrow Will Have Been Another Present, May 23, 2025 to April 6, 2026
Julio González, Femme assise II, 1936
Anita Witek, The Collector’s Room, 2025
Juan Gris, Carafe, verre et journal, 1919
Fernand Léger, Nature morte aux fruits, 1972
Photo: © Klaus Pichler/mumok
Exhibition view The World of Tomorrow Will Have Been Another Present, May 23, 2025 to April 6, 2026
Julio González, Femme assise II, 1936
Anita Witek, The Collector’s Room, 2025
Juan Gris, Carafe, verre et journal, 1919
Fernand Léger, Nature morte aux fruits, 1972
Photo: © Klaus Pichler/mumok
15 Exhibition view
15 Exhibition view
Exhibition view The World of Tomorrow Will Have Been Another Present, May 23, 2025 to April 6, 2026
Nikita Kadan, Victory (Small White Shelf), Reconstruction of the model for the monument “The Three Russion Revolutions: 1825, 1905 and 1917” by Vasyl Yermylov, 1922 – 1925, 1917
Alexander Archipenko, La boxe, 1914
Raymond Duchamp Villon, Professor Gosset, 1917
Franz Pomassl, Entwurf für drei Sessel, 1928
Franz Pomassl, Kometbar, 1926
Franz Pomassl, Entwurfszeichnung für 2 Sessel, 14/XI, 1928
Franz Pomassl, Entwurfszeichnung für Sessel – Tisch, 27/XII, 1928
Photo: © Klaus Pichler/mumok
Exhibition view The World of Tomorrow Will Have Been Another Present, May 23, 2025 to April 6, 2026
Nikita Kadan, Victory (Small White Shelf), Reconstruction of the model for the monument “The Three Russion Revolutions: 1825, 1905 and 1917” by Vasyl Yermylov, 1922 – 1925, 1917
Alexander Archipenko, La boxe, 1914
Raymond Duchamp Villon, Professor Gosset, 1917
Franz Pomassl, Entwurf für drei Sessel, 1928
Franz Pomassl, Kometbar, 1926
Franz Pomassl, Entwurfszeichnung für 2 Sessel, 14/XI, 1928
Franz Pomassl, Entwurfszeichnung für Sessel – Tisch, 27/XII, 1928
Photo: © Klaus Pichler/mumok
16 Kadan
16 Kadan
Nikita Kadan, On Protection of the Monuments, 2023–2025
Photo: © Klaus Pichler/mumok
Nikita Kadan, On Protection of the Monuments, 2023–2025
Photo: © Klaus Pichler/mumok
Katharina Murschetz
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katharina.murschetz@mumok.at
Katharina Kober
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Published on December 6, 2024
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