Interventionen zur Passion: Michael Morgner

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05 March-19 April 2025:
Monday - Saturday 11 am - 4 pm
Sunday/church holidays 11:30 am - 4 pm
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Michael Morgner was born in 1942 in Chemnitz. He studied at the Academy of Graphic Arts and Book Arts in Leipzig from 1961 to 1966. As a co-founder of the artist group 'Clara Mosch' (1977–1982), he advocated for artistic freedom in the GDR. His works, often large-scale and created in mixed media on paper, address existential questions such as war, loss, and personal freedom. In the St. Marien Cathedral in Freiberg, the altar will be covered with the third Lenten cloth under the theme Ecce Homo.

The Latin expression 'Ecce Homo' means 'Behold the Man' – the exclamation in the Gospel of John could be the life motto for the art of Michael Morgner. The bent, tormented, seeking protection, the upright, proud, self-confident, and the rising, transcending person – for these figures, the artist born in 1942 in Chemnitz has found striking, abstracted forms that appear in many of his works. These forms also make up the basic pattern of the Lenten cloth, which will cover the altar of the Freiberg Cathedral St. Marien during the Passion period of 2025.