In this exhibition, objects from the Salzburg Museum’s folklore collection engage in a dialogue with works of contemporary art. The themes explored are love, the body, faith, and ornamentation.
These are themes that have always touched our hearts. The heart, an organ situated in our chest, pumping and beating, is portrayed as tormented by heartbreak in Anna Baldinger’s installation. She invites us into her thorax. We press our ear against it and feel every beat beneath our skin. Sacrificial hearts in the form of votive offerings made of wax and silver, over which the crown-of-thorns-crowned Heart of Jesus shows mercy. A heart made of clinical cannulas, strikingly vivid, by Ulrike Asamer. Art comes very close to us, touches us, and challenges us to feel. The range of emotions extends from broken to fluttering hearts. We adorn ourselves with hearts to woo love—we mold them, carve them in wood, print them on fabric. It is given as a gift to express love. We open it and let it soften completely. The heart—the center of our humanity.
You are cordially invited, for “One sees clearly only with the heart. What is essential is invisible to the eye.” (Quote by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry)