English
Deutsch
From 27 May 2023, the Sammlung Scharf-Gerstenberg (Collection Scharf-Gerstenberg) will be showing the exhibition “Der Geschöpfe sind viele…”. On the occasion of a generous donation, 30 works by the Swiss surrealist Max von Moos (1903-1979) as well as new acquisitions by Hannah Höch (1889-1978), Unica Zürn (1916-1970) and the contemporary artist Fatoş İrwen are at the centre of the new collection presentation in the Scharf-Gerstenberg Collection. Starting with Hannah Höch’s titular gouache “Der Geschöpfe sind viele zwischen Himmel und Erde” (1930), the exhibition explores the theme of the image of man in Surrealism in six chapters.
Already in the work of Odilon Redon (1840-1916), a predecessor of Surrealism, the motif of the detached head stands for a purely spiritual visionary power detached from the body. Hans Bellmer’s (1902-1975) works created in the 1930s during the rise of National Socialism exemplify the Surrealist concept of the disfigured human being. Salvador Dalí (1904- 1989) and André Masson (1896-1987) or even Pablo Picasso (1881- 1973) in his brief surrealist phase
Continue reading the article on the exhibition of Der Geschöpfe sind viele … on DEEDS.NEWS
Fig. above: Hannah Höch, Der Geschöpfe sind viele zwischen Himmel und Erde, 1930 Deckfarben auf blauem Papier 36,7 x 50,4 cm, Stiftung Dieter Scharf zur Erinnerung an Otto Gerstenberg, Photo: Grisebach GmbH / VG-Bild Kunst
