15.05.2024—13.10.2024
Inspired by the Bauhaus, Carl Auböck (1900-1957) brought together local and international movements and shaped the characteristic Auböck design, from paperweights to tree tables and lamp designs. He incorporated the concept of the objet trouvé, the found object, into his avant-garde repertoire of forms. The work of the sculptor and textile artist Mara Uckunowa (1895-1987), who met and married Auböck at the Bauhaus in Weimar, is being presented for the first time. Their son Carl Auböck (1924-1993) focussed on the transformative potential of industrial design and – inspired by his studies in the USA and collaborations with international designers – brought the workshop worldwide recognition.
The ICONIC AUBÖCK exhibition, curated by Bärbel Vischer, focuses on the style-defining era of the interwar and post-war period through to the experimental 1980s.
ICONIC AUBÖCK – A workshop shapes the Austrian concept of design
15.05.2024—13.10.2024
Vienna, MAK – Museum für angewandte Kunst
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