The art of two key artists of Expressionism in the context of German colonialism
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Kirchner and Nolde
Expressionism. Colonialism
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880–1938) and Emil Nolde (1867–1956) are leading figures in the German Expressionist movement. Turning away from Western society and the established norms of bourgeois culture, the artists looked to people, lifestyles and objects from other parts of the world for inspiration, especially Africa and Oceania.
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Four contact zones were of crucial importance to these encounters with different cultures: ethnographic museums, entertainment culture, Kirchner’s studio and the German colony New Guinea. The publication examines Nolde’s and Kirchner’s works against the background of their historical and ideological context, revealing links to the invention of race and oppression that also form part of European history, thus unveiling less familiar and more violent aspects of Expressionism.
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Contributions by D. Aagesen, B. von Bormann, G. Penny, A. Soika, R. Habermas, N. Kelly et al.
256 pages, 280 colour illustrations21 × 28 cm, softcover with flaps
ISBN: 978-3-7774-3688-3
Events
Kopenhagen
| Statens Museum for Kunst, SMK
Amsterdam
| Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
Berlin
| Brücke-Museum
Keywords
20th century, modernism, expressionism
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