Erected 1926, the monument of Karl Lueger, Mayor of Vienna between 1897 and 1910, has been highly controversial in the public to this day. And not without reason: Karl Lueger (1844-1910), who was very adept during his own lifetime at building an unprecedented cult around his own person as a “modernizer” and “champion of the little people”, developed with his radically racist rhetoric a novel populist anti-Semitism into a political program.
With their Lueger Temporary installation, Nicole Six and Paul Petritsch extend discussion about the monument to the entire city.
KÖR Kunst im öffentlichen Raum Wien
KÖR Vienna brings contemporary art in all its facets into the public space of the city of Vienna. With the aim of anchoring art as a natural component in the center of society, the institution creates cultural spaces for action – concrete art locations as well as intellectual free spaces. The aim is to give art an active role in shaping the city and its pluralistic identity and to make public space visible as a place of cultural and political exchange.
Lueger Temporary
12 Oct 2022 - 30 Sep 2023
KÖR - Kunst im öffentlichen Raum Wien
Doktor-Karl-Lueger-Platz, 1010 Wien, Österreich
Six/Petritsch: Installation, 2022, Doktor-Karl-Lueger-Platz, 1010 Wien
