Look At The People!
The exhibition focuses on the neo-objective type portrait in the historical context of the Weimar period (1918 - 1933). In many of their portraits, artists such as Otto Dix, George Grosz, Jeanne Mammen and Hanna Nagel give contour to social types such as the 鈥淣ew Woman鈥� or the 鈥淲orker鈥�. These portrayals were influenced by a pervasive debate, whether in art, literature, cinema, fashion, or science: the search for the 鈥渇ace of the times鈥�, for new 'role models' for the crisis-ridden population in the wake of the First World War. In retrospect, it becomes clear that many stereotypes and clich茅s from that time still have an effect today and continue to influence the way we look at our counterparts.
The project makes a connection to the present with an installation by Cemile Sahin (*1990), which was developed especially for the exhibition. The artist takes up typification and classification tendencies that are evident in computer-based facial recognition tools - whereby parallels to the constitution debate in the Weimar period can be discerned.
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The exhibition focuses on the neo-objective type portrait in the historical context of the Weimar period (1918 - 1933). In many of their portraits, artists such as Otto Dix, George Grosz, Jeanne Mammen and Hanna Nagel give contour to social types such as the 鈥淣ew Woman鈥� or the 鈥淲orker鈥�. These portrayals were influenced by a pervasive debate, whether in art, literature, cinema, fashion, or science: the search for the 鈥渇ace of the times鈥�, for new 'role models' for the crisis-ridden population in the wake of the First World War. In retrospect, it becomes clear that many stereotypes and clich茅s from that time still have an effect today and continue to influence the way we look at our counterparts.
The project makes a connection to the present with an installation by Cemile Sahin (*1990), which was developed especially for the exhibition. The artist takes up typification and classification tendencies that are evident in computer-based facial recognition tools - whereby parallels to the constitution debate in the Weimar period can be discerned.
Artists on show
- Albert Birkle
- Alexander Kanoldt
- Alice Sommer
- Annelise Kretschmer
- Anton Räderscheidt
- August Sander
- Cami Stone
- Cemile Sahin
- Christian Schad
- Conrad Felixmüller
- Curt Querner
- Dörte Clara Wolff
- Elfriede Lohse-Wächtler
- Elsa Haensgen-Dingkuhn
- Erich Drechsler
- Erik Winnertz
- Erika Streit
- Ernst Thoms
- Fred Goldberg
- Friedrich Bochmann
- Friedrich Busack
- Georg Scholz
- George Grosz
- Gerta Overbeck Schenk
- Gottfried Brockmann
- Grethe Jürgens
- Hainz Hamisch
- Hanna Nagel
- Hans Baluschek
- Hans Grundig
- Heinrich Hoerle
- Heinrich-Maria Davringhausen
- Hermann Fechenbach
- Jeanne Mammen
- Josef Scharl
- Karl Hubbuch
- Kate Diehn-Bitt
- Kurt Weinhold
- Lea Grundig
- Lotte B. Prechner
- Lotte Johanna Jacobi
- Lotte Lesehr-Schneider
- Nini Hess
- Olga Hayduk
- Otto Dix
- Otto Griebel
- Paula Lauenstein
- Richard Birnstengel
- Richard Ziegler
- Rudolf Bergander
- Rudolf Dischinger
- Rudolf Schlichter
- Steffi Brandl
- Wilhelm Schnarrenberger
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