Play, Life, Illusion. Xanti Schawinsky
+ Monster Chetwynd. "Xanti Shenanigans"
From March 15 to June 15, 2025, the Kunsthalle Bielefeld is presenting the exhibition “Play, Life, Illusion. Xanti Schawinsky” with the intervention “Xanti Shenanigans” by Monster Chetwynd.
The exhibition is the first retrospective of the work of Xanti Schawinsky (1904-1979) outside Switzerland. Schawinsky’s multidisciplinary work is characterized by the spirit of the Bauhaus, where the artist studied in the 1920s, and Black Mountain College, where he taught in the 1930s. The creative means with which the artist has experimented in the six decades of his work include staging, stage design, photography, graphic design, painting and typography. The exhibition reviews his entire career, from his early works, which are characterized by questions of stage space and the relationship between man and machine, to his process-oriented paintings from the 1950s and 1960s. As part of the exhibition, Monster Chetwynd (*1973) will conceive the expansive installation “Xanti Shenanigans”, which refers to Schawinsky’s work.
The exhibition is organized in cooperation with the Mudam Luxembourg – Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean in collaboration with the estate of Xanti Schawinsky.
Curated by: Raphael Gygax
The exhibition is sponsored by the Dr. Dagmar Nowitzki Foundation for Art and Culture.
