Political Sculpture
Politische Skulptur
Copyright: Ernst Barlach Lizenzverwaltung Ratzeburg
BARLACH / KASPER / THORAK / WOTRUBA
18 September – 16 November 08
Tue – Fri 9 am – 6 pm,
Sat and Sun 10 am – 5 pm
Idea / Concept: Martin Hochleitner, Volker Probst, Susanne Rolinek, Gabriele Spindler, Gabriele Stöger-Spevak, Helga Thieme
Matinee and Addresses on the Exhibition
Conceived with reference to the exhibition ‘KULTURHAUPTSTADT DES FÜHRERS’, (‘THE CULTURAL CAPITAL OF THE FÜHRER’) whose scope it will supplement and extend, POLITISCHE SKULPTUR will focus on four very different sculptors and their work, which belongs to the period before and after 1945 , that momentous fault line of Austrian history. Ernst Barlach (1870 – 1938), Ludwig Kasper (1893 – 1945), Josef Thorak (188 9 – 1952) and Fritz Wotruba (1907 – 1975): How do their respective oeuvres reflect the political and social systems of their time?
In addition to biographical details and an appreciation and assessment of their oeuvres in terms of art history the exhibition will be aiming to provide a sensitive analysis of the public perception of their work after the Nazi era. The positions of these four sculptors add up to an exemplary emblem of the relationship between politics and art in the 20th century.
In addition to original works by Barlach, Kasper, Thorak and Wotruba film documents will provide both a historical overview and a sense of what life was like at the time when these artists were active. This evidence will be supplemented by contemporary and present-day drawings, works of graphic art and photographs. A programme of art mediation and additional events will help visitors to form their own opinion.
WHERE //
Landesgalerie Linz
Museumstraße 14, 4010 Linz
www.landesgalerie.at
In cooperation with Landesgalerie Linz and Ernst Barlach-Stiftung, Güstrow
Cultural Capital of the Fuhrer
