VADUZ.- Georg Malin turned ninety on 8 February this year. This is an opportunity for Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein to pay tribute to two facets of this artist, historian, politician and conservator from Liechtenstein: as a sculptor and, above all, as conservator of the Liechtenstein State Art Collection. The institution was run by Georg Malin from its foundation on 23 July 1968 until 1996. As early as 1969 he mounted the first exhibition in what was at the time its provisional domicile, the Engländerbau. Malin began systematically expanding the Liechtenstein State Art Collection and played a central role in defining the basic structure of its holdings of 20thcentury art.

After studying History, Art History, and Philosophy, Georg Malin trained as a sculptor, and continues to work as a freelance artist today. His sculptures – for example the Z-Cube in Vaduz’s Postplatz – are distinctive landmarks at various public, private and religious sites across Liechtenstein. While his early works focused on the forces of nature, committed to an abstract figuration, his later groups of works, for example his letter sculptures, explore the symbolically significant body of the cube.

The exhibition highlights the interaction of the two facets of Georg Malin, while also examining the beginnings of the State Art Collection.

The exhibition is a production of Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, curated by Friedemann Malsch.

Cooperation with Kulturhaus Rössle, Mauren
Complementing Georg Malin. Museum man and artist at Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Kulturhaus Rössle is dedicating an exhibition to the artist Georg Malin in his home town, focusing above all on his painting. On show are watercolours from different phases of his work that demonstrate the development of Georg Malin as a painter. They are accompanied by sculptures and reliefs that create a fascinating counterpart to the paintings. Together with the exhibition at Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, this presentation invites visitors to get to know the artist Georg Malin in all his facets.

The show at Kulturhaus Rössle is curated by Elisabeth Huppmann. A cooperation with Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein.