: "New Worlds: German and Austrian Art, 1890-1940," critically
acclaimed exhibition that inaugurated the Neue Galerie in 2001
and that highlights works from the museum's collection, is
currently on view again at the gallery through September 13.
Among the featured artists are such leading Austrian figures of
that era as Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, Oskar Kokoschka and
artists of the Wiener Werkstätte. German movements, such as the
Brücke, the Blaue Reiter, Neue Sachlichkeit and the Bauhaus are
being shown. The exhibition presents a wide range of media,
including painting, sculpture, works on paper and decorative
arts.
A number of new acquisitions are on display, including an
important Neue Sachlichkeit painting "Of Things to Come," 1922,
by Georg Scholz. A satirical commentary on the political and
economic situation in Weimar, Germany, this work has long been
considered lost and has rarely been exhibited. Significant
Bauhaus designs are displayed, including a tea service by Theodor
Bogler made in 1923. One of the museum's masterpieces, Max
Beckmann's "Self-Portrait with Horn," 1938, is on exhibition,
after returning from the recent touring Beckmann retrospective.
On October 15, the Neue Galerie opens "Comic Grotesque: Wit and
Mockery in German Art, 1870-1940," an exhibition that explores an
important but too often neglected aspect of early Twentieth
Century German art: humor.
The exhibition begins with late Nineteenth Century paintings by
Arnold Böcklin, then presents work by a number of major artists,
including Max Ernst, Hannach Höch, Paul Klee, Max Klinger, Alfred
Kubin and Emil Nolde. Connections between the visual arts and the
rise of cabaret culture and satirical journals will also be
considered.
In addition to paintings, drawings, posters and sculpture, the
exhibition will feature a room devoted to the films of Karl
Valentin. Overall, the exhibition brings together more than 70
works from public and private collections. It will remain on view
through February 14.
Neue Galerie New York is at 1048 Fifth Avenue. For
information, 212-628-6200 or www.neuegalerie.org.
