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Ingrid Wiener

Simply Making and Doing

11. 10. 2025

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22. 2. 2026

Ingrid Wiener, Three Gherkins, 2006, tapestry, wool, silk, 59 × 73 cm, private collection, Vienna, © the artist
Ingrid Wiener, Three Gherkins, 2006, tapestry, wool, silk, 59 × 73 cm, private collection, Vienna, © the artist

At the age of 83, Austrian artist Ingrid Wiener looks back on a multi-layered body of work: to date, she has created a good 40 tapestries, which have been developed in time-consuming manual work. In the supposedly traditional and female-associated medium, she processes motifs from her living environment and explores possibilities of pictorial invention. A central focus of Wiener's work is also the interplay of perception, which she negotiates in her watercolored drawings, in which she captures dreams and memories.

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Ingrid Wiener, Three Gherkins, 2006, tapestry, wool, silk, 59 × 73 cm, private collection, Vienna, © the artist
SO36, 1979, performance by Ingrid Wiener accompanied by a male humming choir and a llama, archive photograph

Work and life are inextricably linked for Wiener. The exhibition also shows her work in collaborative processes and artistic networks. Shaped in the circle of the Viennese post-war avant-garde, the artist participated in the actions of the Vienna Group, gave Viennese vocal performances as “Monsti”, developed documentaries with VALIE EXPORT and her partner Oswald Wiener, and maintained intensive artistic dialogues with Dieter Roth and many others. An important part of her life practice is also cooking, which she celebrated not only in legendary Berlin restaurants such as the EXIL or later in her adopted home of Canada, but also in the form of performances and pictorial motifs.

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14.00 – 16.30
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Every first and third Sunday of the month, Marta Herford offers an open hands-on activity for families.

Whether before, after, or during an exhibition visit: The open studio in the Marta Lobby invites children and adults to get active together and discover various artistic languages.

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2 PM to 4:30 PM

Location
Marta Lobby

Cost
Free

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14.00 – 15.00
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Accompanied by an art educator, you will experience the museum’s unique Gehry architecture. During the one-hour tour, you will receive information about the Marta as a building and have the opportunity to ask questions.

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open today from 11 AM

Accompanying program

14.00 – 16.30
Workshop
14.00 – 15.00
Guided tour

Exhibitions

Mindset Los Angeles – Frank Gehry and the Cool School

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Mindset Los Angeles – Works from the Schürmann Collection

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