Linz on Summer Vacation
Local recreation in the Mühlviertel and Salzkammergut

The journey to the summer retreat begins in Linz and takes the traveller into the nearby Mühlviertel and Salzkammergut, two very different regions that lend themselves perfectly to a stay ​“in the fresh air”. Depending on the preferred mode of transport (carriage, horse-drawn railway, train, boat or car), the recreation area can be reached at a leisurely pace or at speed. The duration of the stay also varies, from several weeks, as we are told in vivid accounts, to just a few days. The ultimate aim is to escape the heat of the city and indulge in the charms of the countryside, whether in the hilly, densely wooded Mühlviertel with its healing springs and castle ruins or in the mountainous Salzkammergut with its numerous lakes and nostalgic past. Both of these regions leave nothing to be desired in the pursuit of relaxation.

The exhibition explores the phenomenon of the summer retreat in all its many different facets using pictorial material and works of art, which for the most part derive from the collections of the Nordico Stadtmuseum and Lentos Kunstmuseum, as well as historical and present-day video and audio recordings.

It is complemented by contemporary perspectives that have emerged from the co-operation between the University of Arts Linz and the Alpine Association Linz, which this year is celebrating its 150th anniversary.

Curators:

Andrea Bina, Michaela Nagl, Lisa Schmidt

Exhibition architecture: Thomas Pauli

With works from

Franz Josef Altenburg, Chris Althaler, Norbert Artner, Christian Ludwig Attersee, Herbert Bayer, Heinz Bitzan, Carl Blumauer, Heinrich Böhler, Eva Bosch, Katharina Brandl, Dietmar Brehm, Klemens Brosch, Helene Clodi- Titze, Gunter Damisch, Inge Dick, Albrecht Dunzendorfer, Thomas Ender, Lisl Engels, Margit Feyerer- Fleischanderl, Melchior Fritsch, Fritz Fröhlich, Bernhard Fuchs, Gregor Graf, Hugo Grienberger, Ursula Guttmann, Ludwig Haase, Nicola Hackl-Haslinger, Josef Hafner, Elli Haidinger-Fürböck, Otto Hainzl, Hauenschild/​Ritter, Karl Hauk, Karl Hayd, Johann Hazod, Egon Hofmann-Linz, Edgar Honetschläger, Bernadette Huber, Gustav Klimt, Hanns Kobinger, Sophie Koko, Auguste Kronheim, Peter Kubovsky, Maria Lassnig, Andrea Lehmann, Daniel Leidenfrost, Anton Lutz, Matthias May, Oswald Miedl, Doris Miedl- Pisecky, Gerlinde Miesenböck, Hans Gösta Nagl, François de Naumann, Michael Neumüller, Kurt Ohnsorg, Stefan Olàh, Margit Palme, Thomas Pauli, Hans Pollack, Johann Razinger, Rudolf Němec, Rosa Scherer, Max Schlager, Emilie Schleiss- Simandl, Josef Schnetzer, Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Agathe Schwabenau, Antonie Schwabenau, Renate Schwarzer, Julius Seidel, Isa Stein, Thomas Stimm, Ingeborg Strobl, Inge Thaller, Gerhard Trumler, Eduard Uhlik, Violetta Wakolbinger, Bibiana Weber, Hans Wöhrl, Franz Zülow

Students of the University of Art and Design Linz (Department of Artistic Knowledge Practices, lecturer Gudrun Wallenböck) as part of the cooperation with the Alpenverein Linz (p.p. Gottfried Seisenbacher) on its 150th anniversary: Polina Afanasyeva, Carlotta Zoe Borcherding, Robert Hinta, Julia Höglinger, Andrea Hörndler / Hannes Wizany, Mario Moder, Maximilian Niederer, Dana Patsch