{"id":36187,"date":"2025-10-13T15:40:24","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T13:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.museum-re.de\/?post_type=nb_exhibition&p=36187"},"modified":"2026-04-14T13:19:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T11:19:17","slug":"denk-nicht-schau","status":"publish","type":"nb_exhibition","link":"https:\/\/www.museum-re.de\/en\/art\/exhibitions\/denk-nicht-schau\/","title":{"rendered":"Wolfgang Hollegha: Don’t Think, Look!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Wolfgang Hollegha (1929\u20132023) is a master of precise condensation and reduction. This makes him strikingly relevant at a time when visual stimuli are omnipresent. For the painter, the contemplation of nature marks the beginning of the dialogue between figuration and abstraction: \u201cIf I did not have the visible world as a starting point, what I do would be nothing but purely arbitrary smearing. I need the visible as a starting point in order to transform it.\u201d
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At the mre, Hollegha is celebrated with his major German premiere. He ranks among the most significant Austrian painters after 1945. As early as 1960, he achieved considerable success in New York. Clement Greenberg, one of the most influential American art critics, regarded Hollegha as on a par with the protagonists of Abstract Expressionism. In the United States he exhibited alongside artists such as Helen Frankenthaler, Morris Louis, and Kenneth Noland. Our permanent exhibition of the Reinhard Ernst Collection allows for a moving reunion with his artistic contemporaries.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t

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Despite this international recognition, Hollegha deliberately chose not to pursue a career in the art metropolises. In 1962 he withdrew to a farmhouse on mount Rechberg, north of Graz. Working in seclusion, he developed a richly colourful, often monumental body of work over the course of six decades.<\/p>\n

This exhibition was a heartfelt wish of Wolfgang Hollegha. He was closely involved in planning the opening at the Neue Galerie Graz until the very end. The mre is delighted to present his work in this scope for the first time in Germany.<\/p>\n

An exhibition by the Museum Reinhard Ernst, Wiesbaden, in cooperation with the Neue Galerie Graz\/Universalmuseum Joanneum.<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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4 March 2026, 7 pm<\/strong>
\nSpaces of Confidence \u2013 Community Building as the Key to Post-Tsunami Architecture,<\/em>
\nLecture with Ulf Meyer, subseq.<\/span> talk with
\nReinhard Ernst, Moderation Eva Authried.<\/p>\n

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25 March, 20 May, 7 October 2026, 6 pm<\/strong>
\nGuided tour with curator Lea Sch\u00e4fer
\nDuration: 60 minutes, fee: 15 \u20ac per person
\nplus entrance admission<\/p>\n

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Film series Don’t Think, Look!<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n

Immerse yourself in the thematic worlds of Wolfgang Hollegha. A collaboration with the DFF Deutsches Filminstitut Filmmuseum Frankfurt and the Cultural Office of the State Capital of Wiesbaden.<\/p>\n

Starts on Tuesday, 7 April, 8 p.m.: Die Halbzarte (AU 1958\/59, director: Rolf Thiele, starring Romy and Magda Schneider) With an introduction by Eva Authried, art historian and head of art education at the mre. Further film dates will follow shortly here and on<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Win-win! Present your cinema ticket at the museum ticket office and borrow a media guide to receive reduced admission during the month of the film screening \u2013 present your museum ticket at the cinema box office to receive reduced admission to the cooperation film screening.<\/p>\n

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11 April 2026, 7 pm\u201312 am<\/strong>
\nShort night of galleries and museums in
\nWiesbaden, admission free<\/p>\n

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15 April 2026, 7 pm<\/del> 28 June, from 3 pm<\/strong>
\nLecture with Daniel Hollegha, son of the painter
\nWolfgang Hollegha.<\/p>\n

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6 June 2026, 1 pm<\/strong>
\nPop-up performance by Graz Boy’s Choir at the
\nmre, included in admission price.<\/p>\n

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mre brave Wednesday<\/strong>
\nLook & experience art from a different angle: Mindfulness is
\nthe focus of our monthly brave Wednesday
\nduring the exhibition.<\/p>\n

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Catalogue: Wolfgang Hollegha\u00a0<\/strong>
\nMuseum Reinhard Ernst, Neue Galerie Graz (eds.),
\nWienand, 2025
\nPrice: 29,90 \u20ac
\nISBN 978-3-86832-844-8<\/p>\n

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