Traces of Intimacy
Käthe Kollwitz and Contemporary Photography
With her distinctive and deeply moving visual language, Käthe Kollwitz is regarded as one of the most important German artists of the 20th century. During her lifetime, she was already a well-known and highly respected artist whose work addressed social and societal issues with great intensity. The human being stands at the centre of her oeuvre. Having lost both her son and her grandson in the two World Wars, Kollwitz engaged profoundly with themes of existential conflict, suffering, and vulnerability.
For the first time since 1987, the Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz are dedicating a comprehensive exhibition to Käthe Kollwitz, presenting prints and drawings from 1892 to 1938 from their own rich collection. Reliefs and sculptures from the Käthe Kollwitz Museum Berlin complement the exhibition. The show is a cooperation with the Photography Class of Heidi Specker at the Leipzig Academy of Visual Arts (HGB), whose students have engaged intensively with the artist and her motifs. Their works explore the contemporary relevance of Kollwitz’s themes and create a bridge to the present.
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