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Utopia 1900-1940. Visies op een Nieuwe Wereld | Judit Bozsan, Gregor Langfeld, Christina Lodder, Doris Wintgens Hötte | 9789462081017

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Utopia 1900-1940

Visies op een Nieuwe Wereld

Author:Judit Bozsan, Gregor Langfeld, Christina Lodder, Doris Wintgens Hötte

Publisher:nai010 uitgevers

ISBN: 978-94-6208-101-7

  • Paperback
  • Dutch
  • 184 Pages
  • Sep 21, 2013

The book Utopia 1900-1940. Visions of a New World sheds light on the utopian ideals of expressionism and constructivism – the two most important avant-garde movements of the early twentieth century featuring work from famous artists such as El Lissitzky, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Kazimir Malevich and Theo van Doesburg. The interdisciplinary exhibition at Museum De Lakenhal Leiden, runs from 22 September 2013 till 5 January 2014.

The book Utopia 1900-1940. Visions of a New World, edited by Doris Wintgens Hötte, discusses the whole artistic spectrum covered by the expressionists and the constructivists, from painting and sculpture to modern dance, theatre, photography, film, fashion and architecture. With essays by Judit Bozsan, Gregor Langfeld and Christina Lodder, Doris Wintgens Hötte, and many surprising works of art and artists - well-known and unknown - including El Lissitzky, Kazimir Malevich, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Theo van Doesburg, Hendrik Wijdeveld, Mary Wigman, Béla Kádár, Georg Tappert, Hugó Scheiber, Wenzel Hablik, Ivan Klyun, Lajos Kassák and Gustav Klutsis.

Utopia 1900-1940 traces the way expressionists and constructivists throughout Europe dedicated their art and their inspiring work to the cause of bringing about a wholesale change in society. These radical artists broke through the boundaries of art, everyday life and respectability; they formed societies, wrote political pamphlets, staged exhibitions and published magazines whose influence extended far beyond national borders. They were bent on penetrating every aspect of everyday life and creating a new visual idiom designed for a new man in a new world.

‘Utopia’ is an ambitious, international and interdisciplinary exhibition with masterpieces from collections in and outside of the Netherlands, featuring works by Theo van Doesburg, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Kazimir Malevic, Franz Marc, Emil Nolde, Mary Wigman and many other well-known artists. The exhibition presents constructivist and expressionist paintings, sculptures, works on paper, dance, film, theater, design and architecture in a completely new context, interspersed with big discoveries such as Wenzel Hablik’s oeuvre and the bodymasks of Lavinia Schulz & Walter Holdt, shown in the Netherlands for the first time.

/ Also published in English

The book Utopia 1900-1940. Visions of a New World sheds light on the utopian ideals of expressionism and constructivism – the two most important avant-garde movements of the early twentieth century featuring work from famous artists such as El Lissitzky, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Kazimir Malevich and Theo van Doesburg. The interdisciplinary exhibition at Museum De Lakenhal Leiden, runs from 22 September 2013 till 5 January 2014.

The book Utopia 1900-1940. Visions of a New World, edited by Doris Wintgens Hötte, discusses the whole artistic spectrum covered by the expressionists and the constructivists, from painting and sculpture to modern dance, theatre, photography, film, fashion and architecture. With essays by Judit Bozsan, Gregor Langfeld and Christina Lodder, Doris Wintgens Hötte, and many surprising works of art and artists - well-known and unknown - including El Lissitzky, Kazimir Malevich, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Theo van Doesburg, Hendrik Wijdeveld, Mary Wigman, Béla Kádár, Georg Tappert, Hugó Scheiber, Wenzel Hablik, Ivan Klyun, Lajos Kassák and Gustav Klutsis.

Utopia 1900-1940 traces the way expressionists and constructivists throughout Europe dedicated their art and their inspiring work to the cause of bringing about a wholesale change in society. These radical artists broke through the boundaries of art, everyday life and respectability; they formed societies, wrote political pamphlets, staged exhibitions and published magazines whose influence extended far beyond national borders. They were bent on penetrating every aspect of everyday life and creating a new visual idiom designed for a new man in a new world.

‘Utopia’ is an ambitious, international and interdisciplinary exhibition with masterpieces from collections in and outside of the Netherlands, featuring works by Theo van Doesburg, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Kazimir Malevic, Franz Marc, Emil Nolde, Mary Wigman and many other well-known artists. The exhibition presents constructivist and expressionist paintings, sculptures, works on paper, dance, film, theater, design and architecture in a completely new context, interspersed with big discoveries such as Wenzel Hablik’s oeuvre and the bodymasks of Lavinia Schulz & Walter Holdt, shown in the Netherlands for the first time.

Utopia’ is the sequel to the successful exhibition ‘Theo van Doesburg and the international Avant-Garde’, hosted by Museum De Lakenhal in 2009-2010 in cooperation with Tate Modern in London. It was elected one of the top exhibitions of the year by Artforum magazine.

/ Also published in English

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