Viewpoints

View into the collection #7

Schwarz-weißes Bild eines mittelalten Mannes mit kurzgeschorenen dunkelgrauen Haaren, breiter Nase und dunklen Augenbrauen. Er blickt schräg nach unten und scheint in Gedanken versunken zu sein. Das Bild ist im unteren Bereich nicht zu Ende koloriert, es sieht unfertig aus.
Karl Haendel, Unfinished Obama (mirrored), 2016, Bleistift auf Papier, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Dauerleihgabe der Staff Stiftung, Lemgo, (c) Karl Haendel, Foto: Trevor Good

The media guide contributions to the exhibition in conjunction with the exhibition “Taking a stand. Käthe Kollwitz, Mona Hatoum” can be found here.

Taking Käthe Kollwitz’ and Mona Hatoum’s works as a starting point, we take a new look at the Kunsthalle Bielefeld’s collection and present works that can be read as points of view. What they have in common is that they are resistant to the status quo. Counter-images of the here and now are juxtaposed with works that directly criticize the current situation. The question of how we adopt positions in the media age will also be discussed.

With Georg Baselitz, Max Beckmann, Monica Bonvicini, Karl Haendel, Robert Longo, Otto Mueller, Emil Nolde, Germaine Richier, Katharina Sieverding and others.