Worlds in Motion. 30 Years... | Exhibitions

Worlds in Motion. 30 Years Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg

Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg

Wolfsburg | Germany

25 May, 2024 - 04 Aug, 2024

A Roman emperor meets an English pop star, Lucas Cranach鈥檚 Venus meets Benedikte Bjerre鈥檚 Chicken and Cindy Sherman鈥檚 sex dolls, horse-drawn carriages meet a giant flying machine. With these and other surprising encounters, the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg is celebrating its thirtieth anniversary.

This major exhibition not only features well-known highlights from the museum鈥檚 outstanding collection, but also presents numerous new donations to the public for the first time. Special 鈥済uests鈥� have been invited to stage exciting dialogs on timeless yet highly topical themes in a particularly effective way: Fifteen historical works from the Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum in Braunschweig are juxtaposed with contemporary paintings, sculptures, and installations by internationally renowned artists, including Phyllida Barlow, Gauri Gill, Andreas Gursky, Michel Majerus, Jonathan Meese, Bruce Nauman, Panamarenko, Elizabeth Peyton, and many more 鈥� a veritable Who鈥檚 Who of contemporary art! The exhibition offers unusual perspectives on the body, sexuality and identity, family sensitivities, and social values such as freedom and equality; in fifteen chapters, it spans a thematic arc from the individual to the global.

With its cooperation with the Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum, the anniversary exhibition is a further sign of institutional solidarity, not least to strengthen art and culture in the region. The juxtaposition of works from both museums results in a lively examination of both the constants and the variations of our living environment.