Collection
The Kunsthaus Bregenz project office had already been founded in 1992, five years before KUB itself opened in 1997. From that year onwards Kunsthaus Bregenz began collecting, focusing on architecture and Austrian contemporary art. Besides works by such younger contemporary artists as Maria Anwander, Nilbar Güreş and Benjamin Hirte, the collection also contains works by internationally renowned artists like Maria Lassnig, Valie Export and Heimo Zobernig. In addition, attempts are also made to acquire a work for the collection from international artists exhibiting at KUB. This has been successful in the cases of Cosima von Bonin, Hiroshi Sugimoto and Ai Weiwei, for example.
Archiv Kunst Architektur locates itself at the interface between art, architecture, and design. It preserves objects by artists address architectural issues or devote themselves to the tasks of design. This includes, amongst others, the architecture models of Peter Zumthor, very extensive donation of design drawings by Per Kirkeby and pencil drawings by Donald Judd.
Contact
Mag. Ute Denkenberger
Head of Collection
u.denkenberger@~@vorarlbergmuseum.at
T +43-5574-485 94-535
Selected objcts
Precious Okoyomon
in the belly of the sun endless, 2025
faux fur, faux leather, plush, cotton, foam, polystyrene, polyurethane, resin, silicone, acrylic paint, carpet
Gottfried Honegger
Die Geometrie ist die Seele..., 2010
Ink and colored pencil on paper
70 x 50 cm
Warja Lavater
Der Scheinheilige, 1977
Picture sheet No. 21
Plan print
59,5 x 42 cm
Monira Al Qadiri
Spectral Pearl Crest, 2023
3D printed plastic, automotive paint
18 x 30 x 30 cm
VALIE EXPORT
Pfeifenbündel, 2023
7 Organ pipes, bound together
104,5 x 18 cm
Dora Budor
Pucks (bagarreurs) II, 2022
Coffee waste, thermoplastic polymer, wax, 1 x 3 inches / 2.5 x 7.6 cm (each), 100 tota
Overall dimensions variable
Unique
Muntean/Rosenblum
The White Exploit, 2018
Video 7’56”
Edition 2 of 5 + 2AP
Muntean/Rosenblum
The Twilight of Our Hearts, 2016
Video 5’54”
Edition 3 of 5 + 2AP
Cosima von Bonin | Moritz von Oswald
Cosima von Bonin (*1962)
Moritz von Oswald (*1962)
THE BONIN / OSWALD EMPIRE'S NOTHING #04 (CVB'S PURPLE KIKOY SLOTH RABBIT ON PINK TABLE & MVO'S KIKOY SONG), 2010
Mixed media
VALIE EXPORT
(*1940)
From the sketchbook of nature: Geometric figuration in dune landscape, 1973 - 2011
b/w photography/aluminum, wooden construction
Ai Weiwei
(*1957)
rock, 2009-2011
Porcelain fired, blue underglaze painting
Per Kirkeby
(*1957)
Estate design drawings for the brick sculptures
Ink, watercolor, pencil/transparent paper
Franz West | Marcus Geiger
Franz West (1947-2012)
Marcus Geiger (*1957)
o.T., 1996
iron, foam, linen, cotton
Pascale Marthine Tayou
(*1966)
Things fall apart, 2014
Wood natural and colored set, vegetable material, plastic, paper, metal
Maria Anwander
(*1980)
The Kiss (MoMA), 2010
Video
Gottfried Bechtold
(*1947)
Elf Elf, 2006
SCC (self-compacting concrete)
CALC
CALC (casqueiro atlantico laboratorio cultural, 1996: tOmi Scheiderbauer, Teresa Alonso Novo, Marco Koeppel)
Model to Nave - Net Access Virtual Embarking/Schlafhaus, 1996
Laminated wood, steel
Nilbar Güreş
(*1977)
ana-KIZ (Mother-Daughter), 2010
C-Print
Donald Judd
(1928-1994)
Design administration building, 1992
Wood
Peter Kogler
(*1959)
o.T., 1996
Acrylic/cotton (sewn in square pieces), screen printing
Maria Lassnig
(1919-2014)
Einen Hund besitzen, 1975
Oil/canvas
Miriam Prantl
(*1965)
manifolds 15d, 2012
Acrylic, gouache, fabric tape/canvas
Markus Schinwald
(*1973)
Vanishing Lessons I, 2009
Wood, plexiglass, plastic, metal
Thomas Stimm
(*1948)
Sporthotel Hollabrunn, 1982
Fired clay, colored glazed
Hiroshi Sugimoto
(*1945)
Kunsthaus Bregenz, 2000
b/w photography/silver gelatin baryta paper
Heimo Zobernig
(*1958)
APROPOS, 2014
Fundermax exterior Hexa, steel
Peter Zumthor
(*1943)
Dumeng Raffainer, Model maker
Kunsthaus Bregenz
Mixed Media
Latest acquisitions
Günther und Loredana Selichar
GT Granturismo, 2001
Video 5' 10'', 16:9
DVD-Edition 14 / 15 + III
Anna Jermolaewa
(with Oksana Serheieva)
Rehearsal for Swan Lake
Installation, 2024
Video, Videoprojection, 4K Video, 180 Min., Video, Ballet barre, Ballerina tutu dress, Mirror, Installation instructions
Edition 1I3 (+2AP)
Birke Gorm
nine to five plus overtime (lot2), 2024
Fine art print, wooden frame
100 x 140 cm
Edition 2/3 + II AP
Birke Gorm
I CAN SMILE AT THE PAST no. 12 (The Mayor), 2022
Jute fibres, metal
200 x 100 cm
BG 3267/U
Robert Gabris
Heart
Drawing with fineliner 0,25 mm and red pencil
50 x 30 cm
Robert Gabris
SMALL MANIFESTO, Wien 2023
3x 42 x 59 cm and 2x 59 x 59 cm
framed
Acquisitions 2023 & 2022
Sophie Gogl
Anna, 2019
Acrylic paint on canvas
120 x 80 cm
Michèle Pagel
Spirit of Extasy, 2023
Glazed brick, concrete
202 x 50 x 50 cm
Liesl Raff
Den, 2022
Latex, rope, jute, pigment, siicone oil
270 x 130 x 100 cm
Anna Jermolaewa
Chernobyl Safari, 2014/2023
Watercolor paintings
Photo: Markus Tretter
Courtesy of the artist
© Kunsthaus Bregenz, Anna Jermoalwa, Bildrecht, Wien 2023
Sophie Thun
(KJ MF MS AG FW LM AS EW) LC, 2021
silvergelatine print and photogram on baryta paper in artist's frame
94 x 110,5 cm
Anna Jermolaewa
Chernobyl Safari, 2014/23
Installation Part 1
Video, 55 Min., 68 Photographs
1/3+1 AP
Ashley Hans Scheirl
Genital Economy Posing
Acryl on Canvas
130 x 175 cm
2018
Toni Schmale
falte #3 and falte #4, 2021
Galvanized steel
183 x 75 cm
Acquisitions 2021
Sasha Auerbakh
(* 1985)
OHNE TITEL (Eine Linie), 2021
Steel, pigmented polyurethane foam, Rubber, Wood, Acrylic Paint, pigmented Kiwopur, Decal foil, synthetic hair, incense sticks
400 x 85 x 6 cm
Christina Ljubanovic
(* 1939)
Maximilian’s ancestors and heroes, 2019–2021
2 Originals
Inkjet archival pigment print
each 50 x 60 cm
Zagreb
Tatjana Danneberg
Low Waist, 2021
Inkjet-Print, Gesso, Glue on canvas
200 x 300 cm
Anna Jermolaewa
Famous Pigeons, 2021
Wallinstallation
8 Watercolors, 77 x 56 cm
3 Pigeon Watches
Originals
Melanie Ebenhoch
after the lightswitch (stagefright), 2021
Oil on acrylic resin, Ø 37 cm
Yu Ji
Unseen Gesture - Lainzer, 2017-2018
Two-Channel-Videoinstallation
Two B/W HD Videos, 26:20 Min. and 11:45 Min.
Size varies
Edition 1/4 + 1 AP
Acquisitions 2020 & 2019
Markus Schinwald
Roman, 2018
Oil on canvas
50 x 34 x 2 cm
Oliver Laric
Standbild, 2020
SLA Resin, SLS Nylon, Aluminium, Pigment, Varnish
187 x 88 x 70 cm; with base 272 x 88 x 70 cm
Maria Anwander
My Most Favorite Art, 2004 – 2019
100 exhibition signs,
Size varies
DIE DAMEN
Different works and Documents from DER DAMEN
Acquisitions 2018 & 2017
Ashley Hans Scheirl
Selbstportrait mit Pinsel, 2018
Acrylic on Canvas
175 x 130 cm, Canvas ca. 240cm
Anna Jermolaewa
The Penultimate, 2017
Mixed Media, Drawing, Cloves, Roses, Organgebranches, Ceder, Tulips, Cornflower, Saffran-Crocus, Jasmine, Lotus
Dimensions vary
Edition Nr. 2 from 2 + 1 A.P.
Philipp Timischl
Born to fish, forced to work, 2017
Mixed Media on Canvas, engraved Acrylic Glass and Frame
283 x 203 cm
Oliver Laric
Mars, 2016
Electroformed Copper
33 x 49 x 4 cm
Stoph Sauter
HELL, 2016
220 x 110 x 12 cm
Metal Corpus, LED 28 000 lumen
Michael Clegg & Martin Guttmann
Two and Four (Portrait Franz West), 1990 – 2013
159,5 x 114,5 x 4 cm
lambda Print behind Plexiglass, on MDF-Frames
Anna Speier
Runner being Ahead of her Time, 2015
150,5 x 230 cm
Mixed Media, Collage on Paper, Aluminium
Acquisitions since 2021
Acquired from funds provided by gallery grants of the Federal Ministery of Arts, Culture, Civil Service and Sport
Acquisitions up to 2020
Acquired from funds provided by gallery grants of the Federal Chancellery of Austria