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And yet it is art
Blick in die Ausstellung
© Käthe-Kollwitz-Museum Berlin
Blick in die Ausstellung
© Käthe-Kollwitz-Museum Berlin
Blick in die Ausstellung
© Käthe-Kollwitz-Museum Berlin
In the theatre building at Charlottenburg Palace the Käthe Kollwitz Museum presents its permanent exhibition with around 100 works by the artist on the 1st floor.
The artist (1867 – 1945), who was already known worldwide during her lifetime, had herself once issued the motto: “I want to have an effect in this time”. Many of her works are still anchored in people’s pictorial memory today as accusations against social grievances and admonitions against war and violence. Despite the declared goal of achieving a broad impact with her graphics, Käthe Kollwitz always saw herself first and foremost as an artist.
As an accomplished draftswoman, with a delight in experimentation and a great talent for finding images, her main concern was to create an artistically sophisticated work. Slow working, numerous attempts to find motifs and the constant change of printing techniques characterize Kollwitz’s path to the completed work. She self-critically questioned her work and compared it with contemporary works by colleagues, only to conclude in her diary in December 1922 about her works: “And yet it is art.”
From this perspective, the new permanent exhibition of the Berlin Kollwitz Museum examines, first with its own holdings and later in rotation with loans from friendly collections and private lenders, the artistic quality of the works of a graphic artist and sculptor who was far too often reduced to her political and social impact.
The artist (1867 – 1945), who was already known worldwide during her lifetime, had herself once issued the motto: “I want to have an effect in this time”. Many of her works are still anchored in people’s pictorial memory today as accusations against social grievances and admonitions against war and violence. Despite the declared goal of achieving a broad impact with her graphics, Käthe Kollwitz always saw herself first and foremost as an artist.
As an accomplished draftswoman, with a delight in experimentation and a great talent for finding images, her main concern was to create an artistically sophisticated work. Slow working, numerous attempts to find motifs and the constant change of printing techniques characterize Kollwitz’s path to the completed work. She self-critically questioned her work and compared it with contemporary works by colleagues, only to conclude in her diary in December 1922 about her works: “And yet it is art.”
From this perspective, the new permanent exhibition of the Berlin Kollwitz Museum examines, first with its own holdings and later in rotation with loans from friendly collections and private lenders, the artistic quality of the works of a graphic artist and sculptor who was far too often reduced to her political and social impact.
Runtime: from September 2022
Price info: Young people under 18, students and trainees as well as berlinpass holders have free admission
Price: €10.00
Reduced price: €7.00
Reduced price info: Unemployed, severely disabled and groups of 12 persons or more
Price: €10.00
Reduced price: €7.00
Reduced price info: Unemployed, severely disabled and groups of 12 persons or more
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