Catalog from an exhibition held November 16, 2018-March 3, 2019 at Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn. Curated by Katharina Beisiegel (Art Centre Basel) in collaboration with the Kirchner Museum Davos and with Thorsten Sadowsky and organised by Art Centre Basel in collaboration with the Bundeskunsthalle. The Kirchner Museum Davos is the primary lender to this exhibition. Includes bibliographical references. "Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: Imaginary Travels" : November 16, 2018-March 3, 2019, Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn, Germany.
Contents:
Photo credits. Foreword / Thorsten Sadowsky -- Foreword / Rein Wolfs -- Flatland : the late work of Ernst Ludwig Kirchner / Thorsten Sadowsky -- Escapism and fantasy worlds : Ernst Ludwig Kirchner's imaginary travels / Katharina Beisiegel -- Imaginary 'exoticism' : Kirchner's studio enclaves in Dresden and Berlin / Hanna Strzoda -- Avatars and atavism : Ernst Ludwig Kirchner's encounters with Africa / Christian Weikop -- Ernst Ludwig Kirchner's encounters with the foreign / Silvia Dolz -- Bed for Erna / Lucius Grisebach -- The birth of expressionism from the spirit of sculpture : Kirchner's imaginary sculptural travels / Wolfgang Henze -- Idealism or reality? : Ernst Ludwig Kirchner's photographs / Jill Lloyd -- "The reshaping of one's own life" : Kirchner's period of crisis and its images / Thomas Röske -- Entirely Kirchner? : Lise Gujer, textile work, and the 'new style' / Martina Nommsen -- Flatland : the late work of Ernst Ludwig Kirchner / Thorsten Sadowsky -- Biography. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880-1938) -- List of exhibited works -- Bibliography -- Photo credits.
Summary:
Throughout Ernst Ludwig Kirchner's career, one unifying theme emerges - the search for what he saw as unadulterated and primal. This volume explores the far-reaching influence of non-western art on Kirchner's oeuvre and the importance of his life in Davos, Switzerland, where he found a temporary peace despite the impending threat of censorship by the Nazis. Throughout the chapters of this book are reproductions of Kirchner's paintings as well as his sculptures, woodcuts, sketches, drawings, textiles, carvings, and furniture. Archival material in the form of letters and diary entries offer an unprecedented look into the artist's creative process. This study of one of the most talented and influential German Expressionist painters draws compelling conclusions about the influence of the imaginary on his work. "Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880-1938) is one of the best-known painters and sculptors of German Expressionism. As co-founder of the artists' group the Brücke at the beginning of the twentieth century, he is also one of the most important artists of the avant-garde. His life and work were deeply shaped by his search for the 'exotic' and 'primordial', for foreign lands and cultures. What resulted were brilliantly colourful, imaginative artworks in which he create foreign worlds. This book traces the stages of Kirchner's life and artistic development. It illustrates how, by synthesising a great variety of influences from non-European cultures, the artists achieved an intermingling of art, life and work that manifested itself as 'exotic' Gesamtkunstwerk not only in his work but also in his live-in studios." --publisher's description, lower cover.
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