New Face of Klimt Celebrated By Contemporary Artist Marlene Hausegger

Marlene Hausegger, one of two Austrian artists to create work for the exhibition, looks at Klimt’s life outside of Vienna. She explored his love to travel to the country and explore the lake districts which were a favourite escape for him. It’s a successful way to explore the man that lurked underneath the public figure. It shows a reserved side which was happy in many ways through isolation and contemplation. He had a telescope which he brought with him and which has featured prominently in Hausegger’s piece here. It appears from the show that the artists from Austria were able to draw out a personal and intimate connection with the man, Klimt, while other artists from the UK and other places around the world interpreted and created work that directly related to The Kiss, both are respectable and balanced to form a persona around a figure that had such a major impact on the history of art.