An intriguing exploration awaits you at the Museum of Applied Arts (MAK) in Vienna until May 20, 2024. The group exhibition titled HARD/SOFT: Textiles and Ceramics in Contemporary Art gathers the works of approximately 40 international artists. Here, visitors are invited to discover the materials, shapes, and meanings of the selected works, which reveal a broad spectrum of ambiguity, vagueness, and concurrence that even blur connotations of gender.
Textiles and ceramics are closely connected to applied art and symbolise community in every culture. Works are often produced collaboratively in ateliers, workshops, and collectives. A diverse range of groups and communities shapes the materials and production processes. In contemporary fine art, textiles and ceramics allow interdisciplinary synergies that cross over into architecture, digital art, music, performance, and dance.
The curators of the exhibition HARD/SOFT: Textiles and Ceramics in Contemporary Art placed these everyday materials on the centre stage, reflecting social politics and feminist ideas, as well as our cultural and geopolitical landscapes.
MAK Exhibition View, 2023
HARD/SOFT: Textiles and Ceramics in Contemporary Art
MAK Exhibition Hall, Ground Floor
© MAK/Georg Mayer
MAK Exhibition View, 2023
HARD/SOFT: Textiles and Ceramics in Contemporary Art
MAK Exhibition Hall, Ground Floor
© MAK/Kristina Wissik
MAK Exhibition View, 2023
HARD/SOFT: Textiles and Ceramics in Contemporary Art
MAK Exhibition Hall, Ground Floor
© MAK/Georg Mayer
Feminism, corporeality, and gender roles
The themes such as feminism, corporeality, and gender roles are explored through the works of artists like Magdalena Abakanowicz (1930–2017), and Sonia Gomes (*1948). Abakanowicz’s sculptural works challenge traditional tapestry designs, while Gomes draws inspiration from Afro-Brazilian narratives to create dynamic sculptures infused with historical significance.
Reconsidering colonial legacies
Textiles offer a platform for examining global trade dynamics and reconsidering colonial legacies. In “Repository” (2020), a wall tapestry by Canadian artist Kapwani Kiwanga (*1978), intricate geometric patterns crafted from fabric in earthy tones are interwoven with glass grains resembling rice. This symbolism recalls the historical transport of rice varieties from Africa to America during the transatlantic slave trade. Similarly, Dutch artist Willem de Rooij (*1969) presents a conceptual piece for this exhibition, merging two Shirvan rugs from distinct cultural origins – one from the MAK Collection and another from Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum. This juxtaposition highlights the interconnectedness of local aesthetic traditions and trade routes, prompting viewers to reflect on the complex narratives of cultural exchange and exploitation intertwined with colonialism.
Ranti Bam, Ifas, 2023
Exhibition view, Liverpool Biennial 2023
Courtesy of Liverpool Biennial
© Rob Battersby
MAK Exhibition View, 2023
HARD/SOFT: Textiles and Ceramics in Contemporary Art
Cosima von Bonin, THERAPIE (#63) [THERAPY (#63)], 2002; THERAPIE (#48) [THERAPY (#48)],
2002
MAK Exhibition Hall, Ground Floor
© MAK/Georg Mayer
Dorota Jurczak, Beat, 2023
Courtesy of KIN Brussels and Dorota Jurczak
© Useful Art Services
Textiles and ceramics in everyday objects
Textiles and ceramics play vital roles in everyday objects, both indoors and outdoors. Artists often employ traditional ceramic techniques to produce diverse sculptures, ranging from abstract to figurative forms. For instance, Ranti Bam (*1982) experiments with traditional terracotta vessels, creating impressively sized objects that relate to the dimensions of the human body. Lucie Rie (1902–1995) introduced a modern aesthetic language to ceramics through her keen interest in experimentation, creating formally reduced objects transcending the functional. The ceramic sculptures of Beate Kuhn (1927–2015) frequently draw on nature, while Michèle Pagel (*1985) explores the contradictions of everyday life. A prominent example of art’s critical examination of matriarchal traditions and rituals are the archaic, sculptural ceramic objects of Agnieszka Brzeżańska (*1972).
The exhibition at MAK Vienna charts the progression of artistic techniques, spanning from traditional embroidery to contemporary digital realms. It illustrates how artists consistently push the boundaries of their craft and materials. HARD/SOFT invites viewers to explore the realm of modern and contemporary art through textiles and ceramics, offering insights into the evolving relationship between these materials and high art.
(Article based on the press release)
Ingrid Wiener, Dr. Müllers Kabelfrühling [Dr. Müller’s Cable Spring], 2009/10
Courtesy of Charim Galerie
© Georg Petermichl
MAK Exhibition View, 2023
HARD/SOFT: Textiles and Ceramics in Contemporary Art
MAK Exhibition Hall, Ground Floor
© MAK/Georg Mayer
MAK Exhibition View, 2023
HARD/SOFT. Textiles and Ceramics in Contemporary Art
li.: Noa Eshkol, Weather Circle, 1975
4
re.: Noa Eshkol, Black Lace, 1983
MAK Exhibition Hall, Ground Floor
© MAK/Georg Mayer
Goshka Macuga, Who Gave us a Sponge to Erase the Horizon?, 2022
Courtesy of Kate MacGarry Gallery and Goshka Macuga
Among the artists shown in this exhibition are : Magdalena Abakanowicz , Hildegard Absalon, El Anatsui, Anna Andreeva, Ranti Bam, Maria Biljan-Bilger, Cosima von Bonin, Geta Brătescu, Agnieszka Brzeżańska , Verena Dengler, Noa Eshkol, Gelatin, Sonia Gomes, Nilbar Güreş, Sheila Hicks, Klára Hosnedlová, Dorota Jurczak , Kapwani Kiwanga, Peter Kogler, Beate Kuhn, Denisa Lehocká, Goshka Macuga , Jonathan Meese, Hana Miletić, Małgorzata Mirga-Tas , Robert Morris, Ann Muller, Ulrike Müller, Michèle Pagel, Lucie Rie, Willem de Rooij, Camila Sposati, Laurence Sturla, Dorothea Tanning, Rosemarie Trockel, Franz Erhard Walther, and Ingrid Wiener.
Sonia Gomes, Casa alugada (Entre Pérola e Vergalhão series), 2022
Courtesy of the artist and Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo, Brussels, Paris, New York
© Gui Gomes
HARD/SOFT
The exhibition is on view at the MAK Exhibition Hall, Ground Floor MAK, Stubenring 5, 1010 Vienna
bwtween 13.12.2023–20.5.2024.
Curated by Bärbel Vischer, Curator, MAK Contemporary Art Collection, Antje Prisker, Special Projects
more information
Franz Erhard Walther, Raum und Säule [Room and Pillar], 1981
Photo: Ladislav Zajac
3
© Franz Erhard Walther and KOW, Berlin
Sheila Hicks, Racines de la culture, 2018
© MAK/Georg Mayer
Verena Dengler, Sponsors, 2001–2014
MAK, GK 666
© MAK/Georg Mayer
Klára Hosnedlová, Untitled (from the series To Infinity), 2023
Exhibition view To Infinity, Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover, 2023
Courtesy of the artist and Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler, Berlin
© Zdeněk Porcal – Studio Flusser
Jonathan Meese, DR. KÜRBISSERL STEHT IMMER UM HIGH NOON AUF! [DR. PUMPKINY
ALWAYS RISES AT HIGH NOON!], 2020
Courtesy of Galerie Krinzinger and Jonathan Meese
© Roman März
El Anatsui, Terra Firma, 2020
Courtesy of El Anatsui and October Gallery, London
© Jonathan Greet
Nilbar Güreş, Red, Old Woman, Yellow, Black Eyes, Brown, Pride Belt, Blue, Drilled Ears, Silver,
Carpet Seeds, Blue, Teenage Acne, 2014
MAK, GK 669
© Martin Janda
Rosemarie Trockel, MADE IN WESTERN GERMANY, 1987
MAK, T 11609
© MAK/Georg Mayer
Franz Erhard Walther, Drei Räume [Three Rooms], 1981
Photo: Ladislav Zajac
© Franz Erhard Walther and KOW, Berlin
Dorothea Tanning, Hôtel du Pavot, Chambre 202, 1970
© The Estate of Dorothea Tanning/Adagp, Paris; crédit photographique: Georges Meguerditchian –
Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI /Dist. RMN-GP; réf. image: 4N08278; diffusion image: l’Agence
Photo de la RMN
Ann Muller, Die fleißigen Totengräberinnen und ihr Werkzeug [The Hardworking Female
Gravediggers and Their Tools], 2020, exhibition view, [beneath bottles—Fledermaus in Bar du
Bois], Angewandte University Gallery Heiligenkreuzerhof, Vienna, 2020
© kunst-dokumentation.com/Manuel Carreon Lopez
Sonia Gomes, Casa alugada (Entre Pérola e Vergalhão series), 2022
Courtesy of the artist and Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo, Brussels, Paris, New York
© Gui Gomes
MAK Exhibition View, 2023
HARD/SOFT. Textiles and Ceramics in Contemporary Art
li.: Camila Sposati, Balata, 2023
re.: Camila Sposati, Trumpet Liber, 2018
MAK Exhibition Hall, Ground Floor
© MAK/Georg Mayer
MAK Exhibition View, 2023
HARD/SOFT: Textiles and Ceramics in Contemporary Art
Sonia Gomes, Estrela da manhã, 2021
MAK Exhibition Hall, Ground Floor
© MAK/Georg Mayer
MAK Exhibition View, 2023
HARD/SOFT: Textiles and Ceramics in Contemporary Art
in the front: Ann Muller, Die fleißigen Totengräberinnen und ihr Werkzeug [The Hardworking
Female Gravediggers and Their Tools], 2020/2023; Die fleißige Totengräberin und ihr Ring [The
Hardworking Female Gravedigger and Her Ring], 2020
MAK Exhibition Hall, Ground Floor
5
© MAK/Georg Mayer
28
MAK Exhibition View, 2023
HARD/SOFT: Textiles and Ceramics in Contemporary Art
from left to right: Nilbar Güreş, Red, Old Woman, Yellow, Black Eyes, Brown, Pride Belt, Blue,
Drilled Ears, Silver, Carpet Seeds, Blue, Teenage Acne, 2014; Ulrike Müller, Rug (con tacón), 2018
MAK Exhibition Hall, Ground Floor
© MAK/Georg Mayer
MAK Exhibition View, 2023
HARD/SOFT. Textiles and Ceramics in Contemporary Art
Sonia Gomes, Casa alugada (série Entre Pérola e Vergalhão), 2022
MAK Exhibition Hall, Ground Floor
© MAK/Georg Mayer
MAK Exhibition View, 2023
HARD/SOFT. Textiles and Ceramics in Contemporary Art
Robert Morris, Six Legs, 1968
MAK Exhibition Hall, Ground Floor
© MAK/Georg Mayer
MAK Exhibition View, 2023
HARD/SOFT. Textiles and Ceramics in Contemporary Art
Ranti Bam, Ifa, 2023
MAK Exhibition Hall, Ground Floor
© MAK/Georg Mayer
Ulrike Müller, Rug (con tacón), 2018
© MAK/Georg Mayer
MAK Exhibition View, 2023
HARD/SOFT. Textiles and Ceramics in Contemporary Art
Klára Hosnedlová, Untitled (from the series To Infinity), 2023
MAK Exhibition Hall, Ground Floor
© MAK/Georg Mayer
MAK Exhibition View, 2023
HARD/SOFT. Textiles and Ceramics in Contemporary Art
Dorothea Tanning, Hôtel du Pavot, Chambre 202, 1970
MAK Exhibition Hall, Ground Floor
© MAK/Georg Mayer
Franz Erhard Walther, Raum und Säule [Room and Pillar], 1981
Photo: Ladislav Zajac
3
© Franz Erhard Walther and KOW, Berlin
Sheila Hicks, Racines de la culture, 2018
© MAK/Georg Mayer
Verena Dengler, Sponsors, 2001–2014
MAK, GK 666
© MAK/Georg Mayer
Klára Hosnedlová, Untitled (from the series To Infinity), 2023
Exhibition view To Infinity, Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover, 2023
Courtesy of the artist and Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler, Berlin
© Zdeněk Porcal – Studio Flusser
Jonathan Meese, DR. KÜRBISSERL STEHT IMMER UM HIGH NOON AUF! [DR. PUMPKINY
ALWAYS RISES AT HIGH NOON!], 2020
Courtesy of Galerie Krinzinger and Jonathan Meese
© Roman März
El Anatsui, Terra Firma, 2020
Courtesy of El Anatsui and October Gallery, London
© Jonathan Greet
Nilbar Güreş, Red, Old Woman, Yellow, Black Eyes, Brown, Pride Belt, Blue, Drilled Ears, Silver,
Carpet Seeds, Blue, Teenage Acne, 2014
MAK, GK 669
© Martin Janda
Rosemarie Trockel, MADE IN WESTERN GERMANY, 1987
MAK, T 11609
© MAK/Georg Mayer
Franz Erhard Walther, Drei Räume [Three Rooms], 1981
Photo: Ladislav Zajac
© Franz Erhard Walther and KOW, Berlin
Dorothea Tanning, Hôtel du Pavot, Chambre 202, 1970
© The Estate of Dorothea Tanning/Adagp, Paris; crédit photographique: Georges Meguerditchian –
Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI /Dist. RMN-GP; réf. image: 4N08278; diffusion image: l’Agence
Photo de la RMN
Ann Muller, Die fleißigen Totengräberinnen und ihr Werkzeug [The Hardworking Female
Gravediggers and Their Tools], 2020, exhibition view, [beneath bottles—Fledermaus in Bar du
Bois], Angewandte University Gallery Heiligenkreuzerhof, Vienna, 2020
© kunst-dokumentation.com/Manuel Carreon Lopez
Sonia Gomes, Casa alugada (Entre Pérola e Vergalhão series), 2022
Courtesy of the artist and Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo, Brussels, Paris, New York
© Gui Gomes
MAK Exhibition View, 2023
HARD/SOFT. Textiles and Ceramics in Contemporary Art
li.: Camila Sposati, Balata, 2023
re.: Camila Sposati, Trumpet Liber, 2018
MAK Exhibition Hall, Ground Floor
© MAK/Georg Mayer
MAK Exhibition View, 2023
HARD/SOFT: Textiles and Ceramics in Contemporary Art
Sonia Gomes, Estrela da manhã, 2021
MAK Exhibition Hall, Ground Floor
© MAK/Georg Mayer
MAK Exhibition View, 2023
HARD/SOFT: Textiles and Ceramics in Contemporary Art
in the front: Ann Muller, Die fleißigen Totengräberinnen und ihr Werkzeug [The Hardworking
Female Gravediggers and Their Tools], 2020/2023; Die fleißige Totengräberin und ihr Ring [The
Hardworking Female Gravedigger and Her Ring], 2020
MAK Exhibition Hall, Ground Floor
5
© MAK/Georg Mayer
28
MAK Exhibition View, 2023
HARD/SOFT: Textiles and Ceramics in Contemporary Art
from left to right: Nilbar Güreş, Red, Old Woman, Yellow, Black Eyes, Brown, Pride Belt, Blue,
Drilled Ears, Silver, Carpet Seeds, Blue, Teenage Acne, 2014; Ulrike Müller, Rug (con tacón), 2018
MAK Exhibition Hall, Ground Floor
© MAK/Georg Mayer
MAK Exhibition View, 2023
HARD/SOFT. Textiles and Ceramics in Contemporary Art
Sonia Gomes, Casa alugada (série Entre Pérola e Vergalhão), 2022
MAK Exhibition Hall, Ground Floor
© MAK/Georg Mayer
MAK Exhibition View, 2023
HARD/SOFT. Textiles and Ceramics in Contemporary Art
Robert Morris, Six Legs, 1968
MAK Exhibition Hall, Ground Floor
© MAK/Georg Mayer
MAK Exhibition View, 2023
HARD/SOFT. Textiles and Ceramics in Contemporary Art
Ranti Bam, Ifa, 2023
MAK Exhibition Hall, Ground Floor
© MAK/Georg Mayer
Ulrike Müller, Rug (con tacón), 2018
© MAK/Georg Mayer
MAK Exhibition View, 2023
HARD/SOFT. Textiles and Ceramics in Contemporary Art
Klára Hosnedlová, Untitled (from the series To Infinity), 2023
MAK Exhibition Hall, Ground Floor
© MAK/Georg Mayer
MAK Exhibition View, 2023
HARD/SOFT. Textiles and Ceramics in Contemporary Art
Dorothea Tanning, Hôtel du Pavot, Chambre 202, 1970
MAK Exhibition Hall, Ground Floor
© MAK/Georg Mayer
Franz Erhard Walther, Raum und Säule [Room and Pillar], 1981
Photo: Ladislav Zajac
3
© Franz Erhard Walther and KOW, Berlin
Sheila Hicks, Racines de la culture, 2018
© MAK/Georg Mayer
Verena Dengler, Sponsors, 2001–2014
MAK, GK 666
© MAK/Georg Mayer
Klára Hosnedlová, Untitled (from the series To Infinity), 2023
Exhibition view To Infinity, Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover, 2023
Courtesy of the artist and Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler, Berlin
© Zdeněk Porcal – Studio Flusser
Jonathan Meese, DR. KÜRBISSERL STEHT IMMER UM HIGH NOON AUF! [DR. PUMPKINY
ALWAYS RISES AT HIGH NOON!], 2020
Courtesy of Galerie Krinzinger and Jonathan Meese
© Roman März
El Anatsui, Terra Firma, 2020
Courtesy of El Anatsui and October Gallery, London
© Jonathan Greet
Nilbar Güreş, Red, Old Woman, Yellow, Black Eyes, Brown, Pride Belt, Blue, Drilled Ears, Silver,
Carpet Seeds, Blue, Teenage Acne, 2014
MAK, GK 669
© Martin Janda
Rosemarie Trockel, MADE IN WESTERN GERMANY, 1987
MAK, T 11609
© MAK/Georg Mayer
Franz Erhard Walther, Drei Räume [Three Rooms], 1981
Photo: Ladislav Zajac
© Franz Erhard Walther and KOW, Berlin
Dorothea Tanning, Hôtel du Pavot, Chambre 202, 1970
© The Estate of Dorothea Tanning/Adagp, Paris; crédit photographique: Georges Meguerditchian –
Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI /Dist. RMN-GP; réf. image: 4N08278; diffusion image: l’Agence
Photo de la RMN
Ann Muller, Die fleißigen Totengräberinnen und ihr Werkzeug [The Hardworking Female
Gravediggers and Their Tools], 2020, exhibition view, [beneath bottles—Fledermaus in Bar du
Bois], Angewandte University Gallery Heiligenkreuzerhof, Vienna, 2020
© kunst-dokumentation.com/Manuel Carreon Lopez
Sonia Gomes, Casa alugada (Entre Pérola e Vergalhão series), 2022
Courtesy of the artist and Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo, Brussels, Paris, New York
© Gui Gomes
MAK Exhibition View, 2023
HARD/SOFT. Textiles and Ceramics in Contemporary Art
li.: Camila Sposati, Balata, 2023
re.: Camila Sposati, Trumpet Liber, 2018
MAK Exhibition Hall, Ground Floor
© MAK/Georg Mayer
MAK Exhibition View, 2023
HARD/SOFT: Textiles and Ceramics in Contemporary Art
Sonia Gomes, Estrela da manhã, 2021
MAK Exhibition Hall, Ground Floor
© MAK/Georg Mayer
MAK Exhibition View, 2023
HARD/SOFT: Textiles and Ceramics in Contemporary Art
in the front: Ann Muller, Die fleißigen Totengräberinnen und ihr Werkzeug [The Hardworking
Female Gravediggers and Their Tools], 2020/2023; Die fleißige Totengräberin und ihr Ring [The
Hardworking Female Gravedigger and Her Ring], 2020
MAK Exhibition Hall, Ground Floor
5
© MAK/Georg Mayer
28
MAK Exhibition View, 2023
HARD/SOFT: Textiles and Ceramics in Contemporary Art
from left to right: Nilbar Güreş, Red, Old Woman, Yellow, Black Eyes, Brown, Pride Belt, Blue,
Drilled Ears, Silver, Carpet Seeds, Blue, Teenage Acne, 2014; Ulrike Müller, Rug (con tacón), 2018
MAK Exhibition Hall, Ground Floor
© MAK/Georg Mayer
MAK Exhibition View, 2023
HARD/SOFT. Textiles and Ceramics in Contemporary Art
Sonia Gomes, Casa alugada (série Entre Pérola e Vergalhão), 2022
MAK Exhibition Hall, Ground Floor
© MAK/Georg Mayer
MAK Exhibition View, 2023
HARD/SOFT. Textiles and Ceramics in Contemporary Art
Robert Morris, Six Legs, 1968
MAK Exhibition Hall, Ground Floor
© MAK/Georg Mayer
MAK Exhibition View, 2023
HARD/SOFT. Textiles and Ceramics in Contemporary Art
Ranti Bam, Ifa, 2023
MAK Exhibition Hall, Ground Floor
© MAK/Georg Mayer
Ulrike Müller, Rug (con tacón), 2018
© MAK/Georg Mayer
MAK Exhibition View, 2023
HARD/SOFT. Textiles and Ceramics in Contemporary Art
Klára Hosnedlová, Untitled (from the series To Infinity), 2023
MAK Exhibition Hall, Ground Floor
© MAK/Georg Mayer
MAK Exhibition View, 2023
HARD/SOFT. Textiles and Ceramics in Contemporary Art
Dorothea Tanning, Hôtel du Pavot, Chambre 202, 1970
MAK Exhibition Hall, Ground Floor
© MAK/Georg Mayer
Franz Erhard Walther, Raum und Säule [Room and Pillar], 1981
Photo: Ladislav Zajac
3
© Franz Erhard Walther and KOW, Berlin
Sheila Hicks, Racines de la culture, 2018
© MAK/Georg Mayer
Verena Dengler, Sponsors, 2001–2014
MAK, GK 666
© MAK/Georg Mayer
Klára Hosnedlová, Untitled (from the series To Infinity), 2023
Exhibition view To Infinity, Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover, 2023
Courtesy of the artist and Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler, Berlin
© Zdeněk Porcal – Studio Flusser
Jonathan Meese, DR. KÜRBISSERL STEHT IMMER UM HIGH NOON AUF! [DR. PUMPKINY
ALWAYS RISES AT HIGH NOON!], 2020
Courtesy of Galerie Krinzinger and Jonathan Meese
© Roman März
El Anatsui, Terra Firma, 2020
Courtesy of El Anatsui and October Gallery, London
© Jonathan Greet
Nilbar Güreş, Red, Old Woman, Yellow, Black Eyes, Brown, Pride Belt, Blue, Drilled Ears, Silver,
Carpet Seeds, Blue, Teenage Acne, 2014
MAK, GK 669
© Martin Janda
Rosemarie Trockel, MADE IN WESTERN GERMANY, 1987
MAK, T 11609
© MAK/Georg Mayer
Franz Erhard Walther, Drei Räume [Three Rooms], 1981
Photo: Ladislav Zajac
© Franz Erhard Walther and KOW, Berlin
Dorothea Tanning, Hôtel du Pavot, Chambre 202, 1970
© The Estate of Dorothea Tanning/Adagp, Paris; crédit photographique: Georges Meguerditchian –
Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI /Dist. RMN-GP; réf. image: 4N08278; diffusion image: l’Agence
Photo de la RMN
Ann Muller, Die fleißigen Totengräberinnen und ihr Werkzeug [The Hardworking Female
Gravediggers and Their Tools], 2020, exhibition view, [beneath bottles—Fledermaus in Bar du
Bois], Angewandte University Gallery Heiligenkreuzerhof, Vienna, 2020
© kunst-dokumentation.com/Manuel Carreon Lopez
Sonia Gomes, Casa alugada (Entre Pérola e Vergalhão series), 2022
Courtesy of the artist and Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo, Brussels, Paris, New York
© Gui Gomes
MAK Exhibition View, 2023
HARD/SOFT. Textiles and Ceramics in Contemporary Art
li.: Camila Sposati, Balata, 2023
re.: Camila Sposati, Trumpet Liber, 2018
MAK Exhibition Hall, Ground Floor
© MAK/Georg Mayer
MAK Exhibition View, 2023
HARD/SOFT: Textiles and Ceramics in Contemporary Art
Sonia Gomes, Estrela da manhã, 2021
MAK Exhibition Hall, Ground Floor
© MAK/Georg Mayer
MAK Exhibition View, 2023
HARD/SOFT: Textiles and Ceramics in Contemporary Art
in the front: Ann Muller, Die fleißigen Totengräberinnen und ihr Werkzeug [The Hardworking
Female Gravediggers and Their Tools], 2020/2023; Die fleißige Totengräberin und ihr Ring [The
Hardworking Female Gravedigger and Her Ring], 2020
MAK Exhibition Hall, Ground Floor
5
© MAK/Georg Mayer
28
MAK Exhibition View, 2023
HARD/SOFT: Textiles and Ceramics in Contemporary Art
from left to right: Nilbar Güreş, Red, Old Woman, Yellow, Black Eyes, Brown, Pride Belt, Blue,
Drilled Ears, Silver, Carpet Seeds, Blue, Teenage Acne, 2014; Ulrike Müller, Rug (con tacón), 2018
MAK Exhibition Hall, Ground Floor
© MAK/Georg Mayer
MAK Exhibition View, 2023
HARD/SOFT. Textiles and Ceramics in Contemporary Art
Sonia Gomes, Casa alugada (série Entre Pérola e Vergalhão), 2022
MAK Exhibition Hall, Ground Floor
© MAK/Georg Mayer
MAK Exhibition View, 2023
HARD/SOFT. Textiles and Ceramics in Contemporary Art
Robert Morris, Six Legs, 1968
MAK Exhibition Hall, Ground Floor
© MAK/Georg Mayer
MAK Exhibition View, 2023
HARD/SOFT. Textiles and Ceramics in Contemporary Art
Ranti Bam, Ifa, 2023
MAK Exhibition Hall, Ground Floor
© MAK/Georg Mayer
Ulrike Müller, Rug (con tacón), 2018
© MAK/Georg Mayer
MAK Exhibition View, 2023
HARD/SOFT. Textiles and Ceramics in Contemporary Art
Klára Hosnedlová, Untitled (from the series To Infinity), 2023
MAK Exhibition Hall, Ground Floor
© MAK/Georg Mayer
MAK Exhibition View, 2023
HARD/SOFT. Textiles and Ceramics in Contemporary Art
Dorothea Tanning, Hôtel du Pavot, Chambre 202, 1970
MAK Exhibition Hall, Ground Floor
© MAK/Georg Mayer
Franz Erhard Walther, Raum und Säule [Room and Pillar], 1981
Photo: Ladislav Zajac
3
© Franz Erhard Walther and KOW, Berlin
Sheila Hicks, Racines de la culture, 2018
© MAK/Georg Mayer
Verena Dengler, Sponsors, 2001–2014
MAK, GK 666
© MAK/Georg Mayer
Klára Hosnedlová, Untitled (from the series To Infinity), 2023
Exhibition view To Infinity, Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover, 2023
Courtesy of the artist and Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler, Berlin
© Zdeněk Porcal – Studio Flusser
Jonathan Meese, DR. KÜRBISSERL STEHT IMMER UM HIGH NOON AUF! [DR. PUMPKINY
ALWAYS RISES AT HIGH NOON!], 2020
Courtesy of Galerie Krinzinger and Jonathan Meese
© Roman März
El Anatsui, Terra Firma, 2020
Courtesy of El Anatsui and October Gallery, London
© Jonathan Greet
Nilbar Güreş, Red, Old Woman, Yellow, Black Eyes, Brown, Pride Belt, Blue, Drilled Ears, Silver,
Carpet Seeds, Blue, Teenage Acne, 2014
MAK, GK 669
© Martin Janda
Rosemarie Trockel, MADE IN WESTERN GERMANY, 1987
MAK, T 11609
© MAK/Georg Mayer
Franz Erhard Walther, Drei Räume [Three Rooms], 1981
Photo: Ladislav Zajac
© Franz Erhard Walther and KOW, Berlin
Dorothea Tanning, Hôtel du Pavot, Chambre 202, 1970
© The Estate of Dorothea Tanning/Adagp, Paris; crédit photographique: Georges Meguerditchian –
Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI /Dist. RMN-GP; réf. image: 4N08278; diffusion image: l’Agence
Photo de la RMN
Ann Muller, Die fleißigen Totengräberinnen und ihr Werkzeug [The Hardworking Female
Gravediggers and Their Tools], 2020, exhibition view, [beneath bottles—Fledermaus in Bar du
Bois], Angewandte University Gallery Heiligenkreuzerhof, Vienna, 2020
© kunst-dokumentation.com/Manuel Carreon Lopez
Sonia Gomes, Casa alugada (Entre Pérola e Vergalhão series), 2022
Courtesy of the artist and Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo, Brussels, Paris, New York
© Gui Gomes
MAK Exhibition View, 2023
HARD/SOFT. Textiles and Ceramics in Contemporary Art
li.: Camila Sposati, Balata, 2023
re.: Camila Sposati, Trumpet Liber, 2018
MAK Exhibition Hall, Ground Floor
© MAK/Georg Mayer
MAK Exhibition View, 2023
HARD/SOFT: Textiles and Ceramics in Contemporary Art
Sonia Gomes, Estrela da manhã, 2021
MAK Exhibition Hall, Ground Floor
© MAK/Georg Mayer
MAK Exhibition View, 2023
HARD/SOFT: Textiles and Ceramics in Contemporary Art
in the front: Ann Muller, Die fleißigen Totengräberinnen und ihr Werkzeug [The Hardworking
Female Gravediggers and Their Tools], 2020/2023; Die fleißige Totengräberin und ihr Ring [The
Hardworking Female Gravedigger and Her Ring], 2020
MAK Exhibition Hall, Ground Floor
5
© MAK/Georg Mayer
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MAK Exhibition View, 2023
HARD/SOFT: Textiles and Ceramics in Contemporary Art
from left to right: Nilbar Güreş, Red, Old Woman, Yellow, Black Eyes, Brown, Pride Belt, Blue,
Drilled Ears, Silver, Carpet Seeds, Blue, Teenage Acne, 2014; Ulrike Müller, Rug (con tacón), 2018
MAK Exhibition Hall, Ground Floor
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MAK Exhibition View, 2023
HARD/SOFT. Textiles and Ceramics in Contemporary Art
Sonia Gomes, Casa alugada (série Entre Pérola e Vergalhão), 2022
MAK Exhibition Hall, Ground Floor
© MAK/Georg Mayer
MAK Exhibition View, 2023
HARD/SOFT. Textiles and Ceramics in Contemporary Art
Robert Morris, Six Legs, 1968
MAK Exhibition Hall, Ground Floor
© MAK/Georg Mayer
MAK Exhibition View, 2023
HARD/SOFT. Textiles and Ceramics in Contemporary Art
Ranti Bam, Ifa, 2023
MAK Exhibition Hall, Ground Floor
© MAK/Georg Mayer
Ulrike Müller, Rug (con tacón), 2018
© MAK/Georg Mayer
MAK Exhibition View, 2023
HARD/SOFT. Textiles and Ceramics in Contemporary Art
Klára Hosnedlová, Untitled (from the series To Infinity), 2023
MAK Exhibition Hall, Ground Floor
© MAK/Georg Mayer
MAK Exhibition View, 2023
HARD/SOFT. Textiles and Ceramics in Contemporary Art
Dorothea Tanning, Hôtel du Pavot, Chambre 202, 1970
MAK Exhibition Hall, Ground Floor
© MAK/Georg Mayer