The Austrian artist Adolf Frohner (1934-2007) was very interested in Art brut, which he encountered in Paris in the 1960s. Its simple and original technical approach had a lasting influence on him.

The art from Gugging, which first attracted attention from the local art world in the 1970s, is considered to be an Austrian variant of Art brut. Young artists such as Arnulf Rainer and Adolf Frohner - in search of new forms of expression - began to explore this art form.

As a renowned artist and professor at the University of Applied Arts, Frohner supported the artists in Gugging and initiated the exhibition Die Künstler aus Gugging. House of Artists in the gallery of the University of Applied Arts in the Heiligenkreuzerhof in Vienna. He successfully campaigned for the Oskar Kokoschka Prize to be awarded to the Gugging artists. The award marked a turning point in the public perception of Art brut artists, particularly in Austria.

The exhibition at Forum Frohner searches for traces of the artistic dialog between Adolf Frohner and the Gugging artists. It ranges from key works by the Gugging classics to the second generation and Frohner's graphic and painterly works from the 1980s and 1990s.

Artists: Johann Fischer, Adolf Frohner, Johann Garber, Johann Hauser, Rudolf Horacek, Franz Kernbeis, Johann Korec, Philip Schöpke, August Walla

Curator: Elisabeth Voggeneder in cooperation with the Department for External Exhibitions of the Association of Friends of the House of Artists

A cooperation with the Association of Friends of the House of Artists in Gugging.