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Exhibition Edvard Munch. Angst

Date & Time

All day

Location

Kunstsammlungen am Theaterplatz, Theaterplatz 1, 09111 Chemnitz
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The Norwegian-born painter Edvard Munch is one of the most important pioneers of modern painting in Europe. With his emotionally charged paintings, he became the seismograph of an entire era. Fear is always present and defines his pictorial worlds.

The exhibition shows this existential theme in the artist's work and combines it with contemporary positions. With a direct reference to the exhibition, a pavilion of fear is to be created that seeks dialogue with passers-by on the subject in the urban space. With this discursive exhibition project, the art collections outline analogies between historical approaches and our present. At the same time, an attempt will be made to discuss fear as an existential, global and personal issue.

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Organizer

Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz

Program field

Edvard Munch

The exhibition at the Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz focuses on the theme of fear, based on the works of the most important pioneer of modern painting in Europe. Munch's works on this existential theme are linked to contemporary positions dealing with loneliness, illness and loss. The exhibition is part of the main programme of the European Capital of Culture Chemnitz 2025.

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European Capital of Culture The Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media Free State of Saxony European Capital of Culture

This project is cofinanced by tax funds on the basis of the parliamentary budget of the state of Saxony and by federal funds from the Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien (Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media), as well as funds from the City of Chemnitz.