Ausstellungen | Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz

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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Kunstsammlungen am Theaterplatz
11. Feb 2024 – 9. Jun 2024

Vier Frauen. Vier Lebensläufe

The main artists featured in the exhibition – Christine Stephan-Brosch, Evelyn Krull, Gerdi Sippel and May Voigt – are linked by the common thread of life in the GDR and their work as photographers. The show presents works created up to Germany’s political turning point in 1989 and offers different takes on the social and political realities.

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Kunstsammlungen am Theaterplatz
Presentation of the Collection

Post-war period to the presen

The Kunstsammlungen am Theaterplatz are showing a broad spectrum of artistic tendencies from their own holdings with the new collection presentation Post-War to Contemporary. The period between 1945 and today was characterised by political and social upheavals, which are also reflected in art. On display are paintings, sculptures, works on paper and textile art, primarily from the GDR and the FRG, which provide an insight into artistic developments in both German states. Above all, the ...

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Museum Gunzenhauser
Presentation of the Collection

POP

Pop Art emerged in America around 1960 and became a universal and interdisciplinary cultural phenomenon. During this time, a generation of artists emerged, including Andy Warhol, who formed American Pop Art as a figurative counter-movement to Abstract Expressionism and Action Painting. The aim of Pop Art was to elevate what was suitable for the masses to the status of art. The object was not the object itself, but its mass-reproduced image. Andy Warhol often subjected ...

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Kunstsammlungen am Theaterplatz
24. Aug 2023 – 25. Aug 2024

Classical Modernism Painting and Sculpture

Since its foundation in 1920, the programmatic self-image of the Chemnitz Art Collections has been focused on contemporary art. This selection shows, in addition to the Gallery of Modern Art on the top floor and the exhibition »Brücke and Blauer Reiter«, further representative works of Classical Modern Art; including works by Heinrich Campendonk, Lyonel Feininger, Max Beckmann, Carl Hofer, Gabriele Münter and, exemplarily, contemporary artists. The first director of the museum, Friedrich Schreiber-Weigand, had a ...

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Kunstsammlungen am Theaterplatz
20. Apr 2024 – 8. Sep 2024

Ab dem 20. April 2024 treten die Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz in allen Häuser mit einer Plakataktion in den öffentlichen Raum. Hierfür hat der Chemnitzer Künstler und Grafiker Steffen Jacob ein Motiv mit dem Aufruf »Demokratie wählen« entworfen, das als Banner an der Außenfassade am Theaterplatz, im Schaufenster des Museum Gunzenhauser und im Schloßbergmuseum zu sehen ist. Anlässlich der diesjährigen Europawahl sowie den Kommunal- und Landtagswahlen in Sachsen setzen die Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz mit dieser Aktion ein Zeichen ...

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Museum Gunzenhauser
Presentation of the Collection

Expressionismus in Deutschland

Ein Schwerpunkt in der Sammlung Alfred Gunzenhausers bilden Werke der deutschen Expressionist:innen. Der Ausstellungsrundgang beginnt mit Arbeiten von Paula ModersohnBecker, eine der bedeutendsten Vertreter:innen des frühen Expressionismus. In Worpswede malt sie vorrangig bäuerliche Szenen, nicht romantisch, aber auch nicht anklagend. Sie mag die einfachen Menschen und ist an Form, Fläche und Konstruktion interessiert. Entscheidend für ihre Entwicklung sind ihre wiederholten Aufenthalte in Frankreich, wo sich auch Gabriele Münter und Oskar Moll zeitweise aufhalten, sich mit ...

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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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