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The Stamp Project
Design, Exhibition
Österreichische Post AG & Kunsthalle Krems, Krems, AUT, 2011 - 2014
Curated by
Hans-Peter Wipplinger
Commissioned work
In 2011,
the Austrian Post introduced new standard postage stamps. Rainer Prohaska
provided the design for the total 12 new stamps, which depict ten major Austrian
museums for contemporary art, the MAK Center for Art and Architecture at the
Schindler House in LA and the Austrian Cultural Forum in New York. The
selection of architecture shown and the programmatic orientation of the institutions
depicted on the stamps emphasize the creation of contemporary culture through
Austrian architects and artists. By commissioning Rainer Prohaska to design the
stamps, the Austrian Post consciously opted for a contemporary artistic
approach to this old and highly traditional design task. Prohaska’s graceful architectural
drawings are kept minimal and thus accentuate the characteristic views of the
buildings.
In the same year and the year following, the series was expanded by two additional postage stamps, one showing the Museum Liaunig in Neuhaus/Suha and the other showing the Hittisau Women’s Museum.
In the same year and the year following, the series was expanded by two additional postage stamps, one showing the Museum Liaunig in Neuhaus/Suha and the other showing the Hittisau Women’s Museum.