Edvard Munch
Angst
The exhibition project spans an arc from a historical perspective on the feeling of fear in the art of Edvard Munch to contemporary works. The exhibition combines international loans with works from the extensive holdings of the Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz. Munch’s works and their themes remain highly relevant and thus accessible today.
Fear is a basic human emotion that is diffuse and ambivalent. It affects everyone and is vital. The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a significant increase in anxiety disorders. Fears of globalisation and undesirable ecological developments are causing a lack of confidence in the future, especially among the younger generation, and are increasingly being instrumentalised politically.
Based on the themes that run through Munch’s art, the exhibition will focus on fear, loneliness and illness, as well as on Munch’s stay in Chemnitz in 1905 and his ongoing preoccupation with his childhood. In parallel, works by contemporary artists such as Marina Abramović, Monika Bonvicini, Michael Morgner, Osmar Osten, Neo Rauch, Andy Warhol and others will enter into a dialogue with works by Munch. With the Pavillon der Angst (Pavilion of Fear) as a mobile meeting place, the active participation of citizens and tourists in the urban space of Chemnitz will be stimulated by a diverse creative programme before and during the exhibition.
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