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Peter Pakesch
Peter Pakesch (born 1955 in Graz, Styria) is an Austrian exhibition curator, museum director and foundation director of the Maria Lassnig Foundation. Life and Work Peter Pakesch was born to concert pianist Gertrude Kaan (1924-2009) and Dr. Erich Pakesch (1917-1979) on the 16th of July as the second of three children. Pakesch attended the Akademisches Gymnasium in Graz from 1965-1973 where he completed his secondary education. He then begun studying architecture at the Graz University of Technology, as well as practicing as an Artist from an early age. He made his first experiences as a curator at the Forum Stadtpark from 1976 to 1979, of which he had been a member since 1970. After some projects with Steirischer Herbst and the Organisation of several performances (The Kipper Kids and Reindeer Werk) with the focus on non-verbal theatre. In 1978 Pakesch organized the exhibition ''Kunst im Schaufenster'' in collaboration with Peter Weibel. 1980 he would then move to New York Cit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous city and state. A landlocked country, Austria is bordered by Germany to the northwest, the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia to the northeast, Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. The country occupies an area of and has a population of 9 million. Austria emerged from the remnants of the Eastern and Hungarian March at the end of the first millennium. Originally a margraviate of Bavaria, it developed into a duchy of the Holy Roman Empire in 1156 and was later made an archduchy in 1453. In the 16th century, Vienna began serving as the empire's administrative capital and Austria thus became the heartland of the Habsburg monarchy. After the dissolution of the H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |