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With its excellent selection of masterpieces, this guide presents the full spectrum of artistic expression reflected in the Bavarian State Painting Collections' Sammlung Moderne Kunst (Modern Art Collection) which ranks among the very best in the world. Milestones of art have been on show in the collection's galleries at the Pinakothek der Moderne Munich since 2002. Besides the largest suite of works by Max Beckmann in Europe, the collection boasts remarkable paintings by Kandinsky, Kirchner, and Picasso, major works by Bacon, Baselitz, and Warhol, photography by the likes of August Sander to Jeff Wall, as well as pieces by contemporary artists working in painting and media art. In a series of insightful essays, the book offers an expert gaze to the various movements in the history of 20th and 21st century art.
- An indispensable companion to the highlights of the Modern Art Collection in the Pinakothek der Moderne
- With an introduction to the history of the collection
- An overview of modern art in 19 chapters
List of contents
Inhalt Die Sammlung Moderne Kunst - Facetten ihrer Geschichte Aufbruch - Avantgarden nach 1900 Expressionismus - Die Brücke und Der Blaue Reiter Zersplitterung und Neuformierung - Vom Kubismus zum Futurismus Apokalypse - Die Künstler und der Erste Weltkrieg Abstraktion und Konstruktion - Das Bauhaus und sein Umfeld Die Goldenen Zwanziger? - Neue Sachlichkeit und Neoklassizismus Neues Sehen - Fotografie der 1920er- und 1930er-Jahre Visionen - Surrealismus und Magischer Realismus Propaganda, Anpassung, Rückzug, Kritik, Ausgrenzung und Exil - Die Zeit des Nationalsozialismus Schmerz und Hoffnung - Nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg 'Weltsprache Abstraktion' - Gesten und Konstruktionen Unendliches und Greifbares - Die Entgrenzung des Bildes Unbehagen - Die Nachkriegsgeneration Neue Dokumente - Fotografie der 1960er- und 1970er-Jahre Installationen - In Raum und Zeit Gefühl und Härte - Die 1980er- und 1990er-Jahre Objektiv subjektiv - Paradigmenwechsel in der Fotografie Nahaufnahme - Video- und Medienkunst Starting Line - Kunst im 21. Jahrhundert Personenregister Bildnachweis
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Bernhard Maaz, Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte, Munich
Summary
With its excellent selection of masterpieces, this guide presents the full spectrum of artistic expression reflected in the Bavarian State Painting Collections’ Sammlung Moderne Kunst (Modern Art Collection) which ranks among the very best in the world. Milestones of art have been on show in the collection’s galleries at the Pinakothek der Moderne Munich since 2002. Besides the largest suite of works by Max Beckmann in Europe, the collection boasts remarkable paintings by Kandinsky, Kirchner, and Picasso, major works by Bacon, Baselitz, and Warhol, photography by the likes of August Sander to Jeff Wall, as well as pieces by contemporary artists working in painting and media art. In a series of insightful essays, the book offers an expert gaze to the various movements in the history of 20th and 21st century art.
- An indispensable companion to the highlights of the Modern Art Collection in the Pinakothek der Moderne
- With an introduction to the history of the collection
- An overview of modern art in 19 chapters
