Medardo Rosso
Artist and artisan, art theorist and proto-installation artist, master of high-publicity performances and rival of Auguste Rodin, Medardo Rosso was one of the great pioneers of modernism.
mumok is dedicating a comprehensive retrospective to the Italian-French artist’s still little-known oeuvre, which will feature about fifty sculptures and a large selection of photographs, photocollages, and drawings. The exhibition delves into a thorough analysis of Rosso's processual and repetitive and radical anti-heroic approach, with which the artist defied all conventions of traditional sculpture. A selection of works by artists directly or indirectly influenced by Rosso – such as Francis Bacon, Nairy Baghramian, Phyllida Barlow, Lynda Benglis, Louise Bourgeois, Constantin Brâncuși, Edgar Degas, Alberto Giacometti, David Hammons, Eva Hesse, Marisa Merz, Robert Morris and Andy Warhol – further unpack and create a dialogue with Rosso’s equally groundbreaking and hermetic work. The "expanded" retrospective thus adheres to Rosso’s own artistic practice of not exhibiting alone but in "conversation" with others.
Venue
mumok – Museum of Modern Art Ludwig Foundation Vienna in the MuseumsQuartier
Museumsplatz 11070 Wien
Current Dates
- Wed. 05 Feb 2025, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Thu. 06 Feb 2025, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Fri. 07 Feb 2025, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Sat. 08 Feb 2025, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Sun. 09 Feb 2025, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Mon. 10 Feb 2025, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Wed. 12 Feb 2025, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Thu. 13 Feb 2025, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Fri. 14 Feb 2025, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Sat. 15 Feb 2025, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
