Between beauty, symbolism, society and the environment – flowers open our hearts
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Flowers!
In the Art of the 20th and 21st Centuries
Flowers have been a popular motif in art for centuries. As the epitome of natural beauty and earthly mortality since the Baroque era, flowers have lost none of their fascination for artists in the 20th and 21st centuries. Why does modern and contemporary art turn so frequently to this multi-faceted subject?
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Flowers are a symbol for love and life as well as for decay and destruction. More than 120 works in a variety of media, including painting, photography, video and installation, show the changes in meaning and the topicality of the subject: from the study of colour and form via socio-political and gender-specific questions to reflections on existence, the environment and new technologies. This lavishly illustrated catalogue also offers an art-historical review, essays on the political dimension and on everyday culture in our dealings with flowers.
Artists:
Anita Albus | Max Beckmann | Renate Bertlmann | Joseph Beuys | Felix Dobbert | Quynh Dong | Max Ernst | Hans-Peter Feldmann | Fischli/Weiss | Hannah Höch | David Hockney | Alexej von Jawlensky | Judith Kaminski | Peco Kawashima | Ernst Ludwig Kirchner | Robert Mapplethorpe | Ana Mendieta | Claire Morgan | Gabriele Münter | Heinrich Nauen | Emil Nolde | Meret Oppenheim | Régis Perray | Otto Piene | Odilon Redon | Gerhard Richter | Pipilotti Rist | Christian Rohlfs | Dieter Roth | Ulrike Rosenbach | Martha Rosler | Hito Steyerl | Anaïs Tondeur | Timm Ulrichs | Suzanne Valadon | Andy Warhol | Annette Wehrmann et. al.
Artists:
Anita Albus | Max Beckmann | Renate Bertlmann | Joseph Beuys | Felix Dobbert | Quynh Dong | Max Ernst | Hans-Peter Feldmann | Fischli/Weiss | Hannah Höch | David Hockney | Alexej von Jawlensky | Judith Kaminski | Peco Kawashima | Ernst Ludwig Kirchner | Robert Mapplethorpe | Ana Mendieta | Claire Morgan | Gabriele Münter | Heinrich Nauen | Emil Nolde | Meret Oppenheim | Régis Perray | Otto Piene | Odilon Redon | Gerhard Richter | Pipilotti Rist | Christian Rohlfs | Dieter Roth | Ulrike Rosenbach | Martha Rosler | Hito Steyerl | Anaïs Tondeur | Timm Ulrichs | Suzanne Valadon | Andy Warhol | Annette Wehrmann et. al.
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Der aufwendig gestaltete Band besticht mit seinen eindrucksvollen und faszinierenden Abbildungen, die mit ihrer Vielseitigkeit einladen, Blumen aus ungewohnter Perspektive und überraschenden Darstellungs- und Sichtweisen zu erleben. Ein prachtvoller Band und großartiges Geschenk für alle, die Blumen lieben!
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Die Schau zeigt, dass das Alltägliche eine Fülle von ästhetischen, sozialen und politischen Motiven umschließt.
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Contributions by S. Mühlhofer, R. von Rönne, Regina Selter, Stefanie Weißhorn-Ponert, B. Welzel, K. Wettengl
Text: English / German272 pages, 160 illustrations in colour
24 x 28 cm, hardcover
ISBN: 978-3-7774-3982-2
Events
Dortmund
| Museum Ostwall im Dortmunder U
Categories
Garden Art
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Art 20th Century
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Modern Age
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Contemporary Art
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Painting 20th Century
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Art 21st Century
Keywords
21st century, painting, installation art, video art, contemporary art
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