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Folklore & Avant-Garde: The Reception Of Popular Traditions In The Age Of Modernism
10 Nov, 2019 - 23 Feb, 2020
Starting November 10, 2019, the Kunstmuseen Krefeld are presenting the exhibition 鈥淔olklore & Avantgarde. The Reception of Popular Traditions in the Age of Modernism鈥� at the Kaiser Wilhelm Museum. This major survey exhibition takes a new look at the art of the early twentieth century. The age of Modernism tends to be associated with a departure from previous traditions and a new universal approach to art. However the Kunstmuseen Krefeld now explore the fascinating manner in which local popular traditions 鈥� especially handicrafts and folk art 鈥� influenced the protagonists of the avant-garde as they developed a new artistic language. The Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, which has been establishing links between art and everyday culture since its foundation, is the ideal site for this exhibition. "Folklore & Avantgarde" is the most ambitious show ever organized by the Kaiser Wilhelm Museum.
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Starting November 10, 2019, the Kunstmuseen Krefeld are presenting the exhibition 鈥淔olklore & Avantgarde. The Reception of Popular Traditions in the Age of Modernism鈥� at the Kaiser Wilhelm Museum. This major survey exhibition takes a new look at the art of the early twentieth century. The age of Modernism tends to be associated with a departure from previous traditions and a new universal approach to art. However the Kunstmuseen Krefeld now explore the fascinating manner in which local popular traditions 鈥� especially handicrafts and folk art 鈥� influenced the protagonists of the avant-garde as they developed a new artistic language. The Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, which has been establishing links between art and everyday culture since its foundation, is the ideal site for this exhibition. "Folklore & Avantgarde" is the most ambitious show ever organized by the Kaiser Wilhelm Museum.
Artists on show
- Anni Albers
- Charles Sheeler
- Constantin Brancusi
- El Lissitzky
- Elie Nadelman
- Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
- Frank Lloyd Wright
- Gabriele Münter
- Gerhard Marcks
- Heinrich Campendonk
- Heinrich Macke
- Johan Thorn-Prikker
- Johannes Driesch
- Johannes Itten
- Josef Albers
- Kazimir Malevich
- Le Corbusier
- Marc Chagall
- Marsden Hartley
- Mikhail Larionov
- Morris Hirshfield
- Natalia Goncharova
- Niko Pirosmani
- Nils Dardel
- Otto Lindig
- Pablo Picasso
- Paul Gauguin
- Sonia Delaunay
- Sophie Taeuber-Arp
- Theodor Bogler
- Wassily Kandinsky
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