The human countenance: it reflects personality, reveals emotions and states of mind – occasionally it also imparts things that one would rather hide. Make-up or masks disguise it, indeed, they transform it. The paintings, prints, sculptures and hand-made objects inhabit this dynamic field of imparting, concealing and transforming. The exhibition presents over ninety works belonging to a private collection that ranges in its chronological sweep from the fourteenth century to the present day. The artworks have one thing in common: they bear witnesses to their time and yet they are timeless – making them both topical and emotionally compelling.
The collector couple lives in Berlin but grew up in the Black Forest. Both continue to have strong ties to the region. Their enthusiasm for the traditional Elzach Fasnet and its famous wooden masks was the instigation for their collection. The overall focus is on works by international artists who approach the human head and face in various ways – either simply recording it, developing their view of it, or deforming it.
Artists: Eva Aeppli ⁄ Horst Antes ⁄ Louis-François Aubry ⁄ Peter Blake ⁄ Eckhart Bruch ⁄ Miriam Cahn ⁄ Seni Awa Camara ⁄ Jake & Dinos Chapman ⁄ Giorgio de Chirico ⁄ Walter Dahn ⁄ Otto Dix ⁄ Jirí Georg Dokoupil ⁄ James Ensor ⁄ Adolf Erbslöh ⁄ Jean Fautrier ⁄ Marianna Gartner ⁄ Uwe Heinrich ⁄ Leiko Ikemura ⁄ Asger Jorn ⁄ Per Kirkeby ⁄ Helmut Kubitschek ⁄ Michael Langer ⁄ Henri Fantin-Latour ⁄ Rotger Lembke ⁄ Elfriede Lohse-Wächtler ⁄ Robert Longo ⁄ Orazio Marinali ⁄ Marwan ⁄ Jakob Mattner ⁄ Maryan (Pinchas Burstein) ⁄ Jonathan Meese ⁄ Jo Meichsner ⁄ Ludwig Meidner ⁄ Paula Modersohn-Becker ⁄ David Nicholson ⁄ Tom Otterness ⁄ A.R. Penck ⁄ Francis Picabia ⁄ Ferdinand Piloty ⁄ Arnulf Rainer ⁄ Dirk Rosengart ⁄ Georges Rouault ⁄ Josef Scharl ⁄ Thomas Schütte ⁄ Louis Soutter ⁄ Pia Stadtbäumer ⁄ Hoda Tawakol ⁄ Jean Tinguely ⁄ Rosemarie Trockel ⁄ Dimitris Tzamouranis ⁄ Jacob van Utrecht ⁄ Thomas Virnich ⁄ Pierre Alexandre Wille ⁄ Lambert Maria Wintersberger ⁄ René Wirths ⁄ Zaccaria Zacchi
Opening hours:
Tuesday to Sunday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Thursday: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Source: Museum für Neue Kunst
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