EXHIBITION DESIGN
An impressive selection of hundreds of objects from the Waltraud Neuwirth Collection, dating from the heyday of Gablonz Christmas tree decorations between 1920 and 1980, arranged by designer Johanna Pichlbauer, transforms the Works on Paper Room into a glittering cosmos.
︎ MAK Wien
︎ 24.9.2025—1.2.2026
Fotos: Esel.at (unten), Pichlbauer (links)
Fahrrad und Hummer
An impressive selection of hundreds of objects from the Waltraud Neuwirth Collection, dating from the heyday of Gablonz Christmas tree decorations between 1920 and 1980, arranged by designer Johanna Pichlbauer, transforms the Works on Paper Room into a glittering cosmos.
︎ MAK Wien
︎ 24.9.2025—1.2.2026
Fotos: Esel.at (unten), Pichlbauer (links)
The idea behind the design was based on the two basic states that Christmas ornaments experience in our homes: first, glittering on the tree – decorated and visible from all sides – and then, for the rest of the year, packed away in boxes, maybe neatly labeled, maybe just stuffed into a cupboard with all the other things that aren’t uesd much. I find this connection between the collection in the museum, and our own small, very personal Christmas ornament archives at home beautiful and fascinating.
The dark blue velvet star curtain freatures the "Winter Hexagon" — a prominent configuration of bright first-magnitude stars in the southern winter sky. It consists of the following fixed stars (clockwise): Capella in Auriga, Aldebaran in Taurus Rigel in Orion, Sirius in Canis Major Procyon in Canis Minor, and Pollux in Gemini.