Ausstellungen | Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz

Kunstsammlungen am Theaterplatz
2. Jul 2023 – 1. Oct 2023

My Last Will

In the exhibition and artist’s book entitled »Mein letzter Wille« (My last will), around 30 international contemporary artists respond to the question, »What remains?« Each of them engages with their legacy and, by means of a central statement or a paradigmatic work, tries to locate the essence of what constitutes their main artistic objective and interest. In doing so they question their presumed importance for a future which they themselves will not experience and whose ...

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Museum Gunzenhauser
23. Jul 2023 – 15. Oct 2023

FAMED

With the Leipzig artist-duo FAMED (Sebastian M. Kretzschmar and Jan Thomaneck) the Museum Gunzenhauser is again devoting its attention to young contemporary artists from Saxony. FAMED are not only showing works in the museum in the form of site-specific installations and a selection of existing objects, they are also integrating urban space into their exhibition. In doing so the artists who were born in the GRD engage with the specific economic and political situation in ...

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Schloßbergmuseum
3. Sep 2023 – 12. Nov 2023

»Bürgersilber«

Utility items made of pewter were once an indispensable component of the everyday and table culture of the middle-class, or burghers. Pewter items were also widespread as Eucharistic vessels in churches or as prestigious goblets used in the context of the trades and guilds. Compared with silver, pewter was inexpensive and yet its aesthetic charms are similar to those of its more expensive cousin. The Schloßbergmuseum is showing objects representative of everyday culture, religious services ...

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Kunstsammlungen am Theaterplatz
Presentation of the Collection

Collection histories

This collection presentation draws various threads through the holdings of the Chemnitz Art Collections. It traces the course of these stories through three centuries, interweaving the various genres of art from painting to textile art. In this way, outstanding examples of 19th and early 20th century painting are placed in dialogue with decorative art objects and textiles. These illuminate the significance of Chemnitz as a hotspot of the textile industry at the beginning of the ...

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Schloßbergmuseum
24. Sep 2023 – 10. Mar 2024

The Shrine of Redemption

Holy sepulchres are among the special objects to be found in church interiors. Their configuration refers to the sites of Jesus Christ’s Passion and Resurrection in Jerusalem. Since the Middle Ages different kinds of sepulchre replicas featuring varying figures and accessories have become a fixed component of the Easter Week liturgy. The close connection between art and piety so characteristic of the Middle Ages is particularly evident here. Architecture and sculpture merge to form an ...

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Schloßbergmuseum
Presentation of the Collection

Gothic Sculpture in Saxony

Thanks to the generous conceptual approach of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, the unique collection of Gothic Sculpture in Saxony has been on display at the Schloßbergmuseum in Chemnitz since 21 June 2009.

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