Finally managed to find the time to visit the Secession building yesterday after lectures to see the Beethoven Friezes by Gustav Klimt. Tucked away in a basement underneath the main exhibition space, which was starkly vacant except for a pile of posters and a lump of rock, the frieze was rather radical when it was unveiled in 1902 for the 14th Secession exhibition. Painted directly onto the plaster walls using light materials, it was originally only intended to be a temporary installation. Amongst the figures shown here are depictions of Lust, Death and Gluttony. Interestingly the other major exhibit in the building was a working swingers club which first had to be navigated in order to reach the frieze; although it wasn't actually 'in use' when I visited.
Image from www.artgalleryartist.com.
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