European Realities
In the organizer's words:
Realism movements of the 1920s and 1930s in Europe
For the first time, the exhibition is dedicated to the diverse realist movements that were visible almost everywhere in Europe in the 1920s and 1930s. It tells of poverty and misery, of the economic boom and cultural prosperity, of scientific and technical progress, of the big city and nightlife, emancipation and diversity. Never before has this artistic era been presented on such a scale.
The exhibition includes artists from northern, central, south-eastern, southern and western European countries and presents artistic networks that transcend national borders. It builds on Gustav Friedrich Hartlaub's eponymous presentation of New Objectivity from 1925, which, after Mannheim and Dresden, made a stop at today's Kunstsammlungen am Theaterplatz in Chemnitz. European Realities combines the local tradition with pan-European realist tendencies. Realism of the 1920s and 1930s not only has many names such as Nuovo Realismo, Realismo mágico, Pittura metafisica, Novecento, Neue Sachlichkeit, Neoklassizismus, Magischer Realismus, Neorealisme, Nové realismy and many more, it also has its roots in different countries and has many faces. With around 300 works from 20 countries, the exhibition not only shows a European panorama, but also how artistic approaches spread and develop through the transfer and migration of ideas.
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