THE BRONZE COT BY HARALD KASTLUNGER
25 November 2016 – 8 January 2017
Children, shepherds and kings, chickens, geese and sheep populate the private Christmas cot of the Donà family. Harald Kastlunger (*1937) from Bressanone created the imaginative bronze figures in 1991, who stand in wonder and awe before the Christmas miracle. The privately owned nativity scene is being exhibited for the second time this year.
IN DULCI JUBILO!
PAPER COTS FROM THE ENGELHARDT COLLECTION
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25 November 2016 - 8 January 2017
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"Kripperl-Doktor" he was called: Dr. med. Werner Engelhardt (1908-1979), a specialist surgeon in Munich. His passion were paper cots. Over decades he amassed a collection of more than 700 paper cots, which is now housed as a donation in the Hofburg Bressanone. The doctor's passion for collecting seemed to know no bounds. He collected hand-painted cots and cot figures as well as prints of various epochs from Europe and overseas. "Quality and kitsch are peacefully united", as the collector once judged himself.
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The exhibition shows a colourful cross-section of the collection. Hand-painted unique pieces stand next to printed artists' nativity scenes, colourful pop-up nativity scenes and Advent calendars from the 1960s and 1970s. All nativity scenes have one thing in common: they bring the Christmas story into people's homes.
Curator: Johanna Bampi
Restoration and design: Alexander Fohs
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GARDEN. 70 YEARS SÜDTIROLER KÜNSTLERBUND
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3 September 2016 - 30 October 2016
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164 artists, all members of the Südtiroler Künstlerbund, from the fields of visual arts, architecture, literature and music composition are showing their work on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Südtiroler Künstlerbund. In a broader sense, "the artist as gardener" is the leitmotif of this comprehensive exhibition of works.
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Artists:
Leonhard Angerer, Lois Anvidalfarei, Gino Alberti, Roland Baldi, Claudia Barcheri, Hanna Battisti, Thea Blaas, Walter Blaas, Julia Bornefeld, Amadeus Bortolotti, Robert Bosisio, Maria Burger, Peter Chiusole, Isolde Christandl, Jette Christiansen, Arnold Mario Dall’O, Erich Dapunt, Guido Daurù, Nicoló Degiorgis, Aron Demetz, Eduard Demetz, Jasmine Deporta, Margareth Dorigatti, Hannes Egger, Robert Engl, Paul Feichter, Monika Fiechter Rossi, Monika Fioreschy, Julia Frank, Christine Gallmetzer, Christian Gamper, Ruth Gamper, Beate Gantz, Markus Gasser, Werner Gasser, Marianna Gostner, Herbert Grassl, Elisa Grezzani, Luise Gruber Kainrath, Urban Grünfelder, Friedrich Gurschler, Sonya Hofer, Arnold Holzknecht, Elisabeth Hölzl, Irene Hopfgartner, Erika Inger, Marianne Ilmer Ebnicher, Franz Irsara, Josef Irsara, Rainer Kainrath, Alexander Kaiser, Wil-ma Kammerer, Martin Kargruber, Peter Kaser, Margareth Kaserer, Christian Kaufmann, Manuela Kerer, Hannes Kerschbaumer, Ingrid Klauser, Hans Knapp, Armin Kofler, Arthur Kostner, Hubert Kostner, Irene Kubicek, Giancarlo Lamonaca, Cäcilia Lobis-Mian, Cornelia Lochmann, Michael Lösch, Ivo Mahlknecht, Margareth Mair Daurù, Albert Mayr, Albert Mellauner, Reinhilde Menz, Wolfgang Meraner, David Messner, Franz Messner, Verena Messner, Sissa Micheli, Markus Moling, Arianna Moroder, Hansjörg Mutschlechner, Dietrich Oberdörfer, Daniel Oberegger, Gabriela Oberkofler, Elisabeth Oberrauch, Trull Oberrauch, Robert Pan, Herbert Paulmichl, Pardeller Putzer Scherer Architekten, Hubert Patscheider, Simon Perathoner, Lissy Pernthaler, Margaretha Pertoll, Marco Pietracupa, Christian Piffrader, Anne Marie Pircher, Konrad Plaickner, Helga Plankensteiner, Martin Pohl, Petra Polli, Kuno Prey, Romana Prinoth, Alrun Prünster Soares, Alexander Raich, Josef Rainer, Martin Rainer, Simon Rauter, Felix Resch, Sabine Rubatscher, Hermann Josef Runggaldier, Thaddäus Salcher, Saskia Saurer, Hubert Scheibe, Markus Scherer, Robert Scherer, Matthias Schönweger, Philipp Schraut, Luis Seiwald, Flavio Senoner, Berty Skuber, Sergio Sommavilla, Guido Sotriffer, Marius Spiller, Anke Stampfer, Luis Stefan Stecher, Lois Steger, Sonja Steger, Thomas Sterna, Hubert Stuppner, Sieglinde Tatz Borgogno, Barbara Tavella, Franz Thaler, Hartwig Thaler, Paul Thuile, Hermann Trebo, Othmar Treffer, Daniela Trocker & Jörg Zemmler, Stefan Tschurtschenthaler, Heinrich Unterhofer, Birgit Unterholzner, Adolf Vallazza, Andrea M. Varesco, Oskar Verant, Willy Verginer, Peter Verwunderlich, Claus Vittur, Helga von Hofe, Maria Walcher, Ernst Waldner, Bruno Walpoth, Elisabeth Weiss, Karin Welponer, Sara Welponer, Elfi Widmoser, Peter Wiedenhofer, Anna Wielander Platzgummer, Albert Willeit, Gustav Willeit, Ruediger D.M. Witcher, Wolfgang Wohlfahrt, Linda Wolfsgruber, Andreas Zingerle, Wolfgang Zingerle
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EDUARD THÖNY
19 March 2016 - 31 July 2016
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Eduard Thöny (1866-1950) was a sketcher, caricaturist and painter. Born in Bressanone, Thöny grew up in Munich. He drew countless sheets with motifs from military, student and social life for the Munich magazine "Simplicissimus". The exhibition shows drawings for "Simplicissimus" and rare oil paintings by Eduard Thöny as well as little-known sculptures by his father Christian Thöni. A comprehensive catalogue will be published to accompany the exhibition.
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In addition to works by Eduard Thöny (1866-1950), the exhibition also features sculptures by his father Christian Thöni (1836-1902), which are on display in South Tyrol for the first time. Christian Thöni came from St. Valentin auf der Haide, was a wood sculptor, worked for a short time in Paris and in episcopal service in Bressanone. At the suggestion of his friend Franz Defregger, he moved to Munich with his family in 1873. Eduard Thöny remained in Bavaria and lived on the Ammersee. Nevertheless, the connection to his father's home in Vinschgau was never broken. This is documented both in the exhibition and in the catalogue.