Art Brut Gugging

Focusing on the work of Gugging Artists, this museum was conceived as a showcase for Art Brut. In addition, the museum aims at presenting international Art Brut as well as other artistic styles in conjunction with Art Brut. The museum has an exhibition space of 1,300 square meters at its disposal. The facilities also include a library, a visual archive, storage rooms and offices for the curators,
as well as a multimedia space.

The exhibition program will be inaugurated with the presentation "Blug - Four Decades of Gugging Art." In total there are presented 500 pieces of art by 24 Gugging artists.

The show has been designed to go on an international tour.
In addition to big exhibitions of this kind, which are supposed to take place every other year, Johann Feilacher has planned six smaller-scale shows and one medium-size international exhibition for the next two years. Each big exhibition will be accompanied by a catalogue/book and publicity materials.

The museum is integrated into the Art/Brut Center Gugging, which also includes the Gallery of Gugging Artists, the open Studio Gugging, offices as well as the "Villa," a multi-purpose hall for symposiums, concerts, and other events. The museum will also include a shop. A café/restaurant will open in 2007.

In 1890, this building first served as a ward of a psychiatric institution. It was completely adapted to its new purpose over the past few years. It is located on a hill in the Vienna Woods overlooking the future "University of Excellence."

The world-renowned House of Gugging Artists, in which nine active artists

www.gugging.org