Shortcuts
In the organizer's words:
Shortcuts are shortcuts, bridges, alternative paths and access points; this is exactly what this collection presentation plays with.
Due to the structural measures, the Lambrecht-Schadeberg Collection is presented in a reduced form. It not only reflects the diversity of the Lambrecht-Schadeberg Collection through the works of all 14 Rubens Prize winners, but also offers surprising connections.
The 14 Rubens Prize winners are accompanied by a group of works entitled "Fachwerkhäuser des Siegener Industriegebietes" (1959-1978) by Bernd and Hilla Becher. In a dialog between photography and painting, universal artistic questions of image composition, line management, repetition and seriality are highlighted. Like the Lambrecht-Schadeberg Collection, the works of the artist couple were one of the founding pillars of the MGKSiegen.
The exhibition also includes works on loan from the Siegerland Museum in the Upper Castle. Inspired by the 800th anniversary of the city and the interface between Rubens and the Rubens Prize, "Shortcuts" combines historical and contemporary art, creating a kind of shortcut between the epochs, but also a very real bridge between the two Siegen museums. With the painting by the Baroque painter and Rubens pupil Anthonis van Dyck (1599-1641), "Portrait of the Landscape Painter Jan Wildens", the MGKSiegen expands the view of modern portrait painting by several centuries. The baroque and sensitive portrait of a fellow artist by van Dyck meets papal portraits with art historical references by Francis Bacon, almost relentless real portraits by Lucian Freud or the self-portraits by Maria Lassnig, which express hidden body states. Visitors can also join the works by looking at themselves in the baroque mirror from the Siegerland Museum as a living self-portrait; their own body, also in comparison or contrast to the bodies of Miriam Cahn or Lucian Freud, enables direct access to the view and to questions about the origin and nature of identity. The street views by Wilhelm Scheiner (1852-1922) in turn provide a further point of reference to Siegen. However, they also enter into a dialog with the photographs of Bernd and Hilla Becher or even with the Italian domestic landscapes of Giorgio Morandi. Landscape, like portraiture, is a genre of art through the ages and is just as diverse in its forms of expression.
"Shortcuts" aims to enable visitors to try out new ways of viewing. This can bridge the gap between works, collections, times and people. The more often a shortcut is used, the faster a path is established for everyone.
Curated by Ines Rüttinger
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