The Marx Collection

27.01.2012–22.04.2012

Curated by: prof. dr Eugen Blume

 

The exhibition is the first presentation in Poland of this one of the most value private contemporary art collections. Because of the outstanding range of artists and value of the art pieces – the Marx Collection is permanently deposited in Nationalgalerie im Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart – Berlin.

The artworks presented within the exhibition are documenting the history of contemporary art from 1970s until nowadays. The years of 1970s and 1980s are represented by German artists from the Neue Wilde movement (Martin Disler, Walter Dahn, Reiner Fetting, Salomé) as well as the Italian Transavantgarde painters (Sandro Chia, Enzo Cucchi).

Imporatant accent of this show is Anselm Kieler work, in whos art works Tachisme, conceptual art and Arte Povera are combined creating a form of monumental “historical paintings.”

The same period in art in America is represented by Julian Schnabel works – one of the representatives of the New Image Painting, the author of collages which continuing American tradition of  “unhierarhic painting.”

1990s are illustrated by Fiona Rae – member of the Young British Artists (YBA). Her works are placed in the post-modern abstractive expressionism trend.

At the beginning of 21st century – figurativeness begun to dominate in paintings again. This tendency are represented in the Max Collection by German and Polish artists like: Wilhelm Sasnal, Tim Eitel, Eberhard Havekost, Rafał Bujnowski and Roman Lipski.

The exhibition is accompanied by the catalogue with critical texts, essays about expansion and evolution of painting in the four last decades. It is illustrated by the art works presented at the exhibition.

 

Venues:                                                                                                                                                                        Atlas Sztuki, Łódź – 21.10.2011–08.01.2012

Muzeum Narodowe w Szczecinie  –  27.01.2012–22.04.2012

Artists: Michael Beutler, Ross Bleckner, Rafał Bujnowski, Sandro Chia, Enzo Cucchi, Walter Dahn, Martin Disler, Tim Eitel, Rainer Fetting, Eberhard Havekost, Anselm Kiefer, Roman Lipski, Fiona Rae, Zbigniew Rogalski, Salomé, Wilhelm Sasnal, Julian Schnabel

 

Curator: prof. dr Eugen Blume

Co-operation:

dr Jutta Weber, Magdalena Lewoc, dr An Paenhuysen, Marlena Chybowska-Butler, dr Jacek Michalak

Exhibition realized thanks to kind support form dr Erich Marx and Nationalgalerie im Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart – Berlin.