What do you get when you take Gustav Klimt’s works and give them to an expert 3D digital artist? Well in order for you to find the answer to that question, you should definitely check out the current temporary exhibition at the Museum of Applied Arts now on display till April 22nd in Vienna!

The MAK is currently launching an innovative virtual exhibition to mark the 100th anniversary of Klimt’s death, one of the greatest artists of all time, entitled Klimt’s Magic Garden. Renowned filmmaker, Frederick Baker uses digital photography to take the visitor ‘inside’ Klimt’s work, by re-staging Klimt’s nine-part cartoons into an evoking virtual reality experience. This exhibition will have every visitor delve into a virtual garden landscape, inspired by the Austrian Lake District, where Klimt spent his summers and drew much of his inspiration for his work. Baker has succeeded in taking Klimt’s two-dimensional designs and transforming them into a three-dimensional space, showing how technological advances can be used in new museum concepts. These works originate from the mosaic frieze in the dining room of the Stoclet House, which currently stands as one of the most outstanding achievements in art from the beginning of the 20th century. Klimt’s cartoons for the frieze in the dining room, each roughly one by two meters, were created by applying gold and platinum leaf to tracing paper, blending delicately into the decor of this town house.

If this quick look into the outsanding exhibition doesnt make you want to visit it for yourself, we dont know what else will! Take a look at our app to uncover more about Klimt’s Magic Garden, and discover out how the MAK continue its intensive exploration in digital modernity, by once more creating a relationship between the past and the present.