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Klimt & Warhol
dal 10/4/2014 al 5/7/2014
daily 10am - 6pm, wednesday 10am - 9pm

Segnalato da

Tina Bayer


approfondimenti

Gustav Klimt
Andy Warhol



 
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10/4/2014

Klimt & Warhol

Center for Contemporary Art Belvedere Wien, Wien

Kiss & Kiss. A unique dialog by uniting two greats of twentieth-century art history


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The project Klimt & Warhol - Kiss & Kiss, on show in the Klimt Room and octagon at the Upper Belvedere, presents a unique dialog by uniting two greats of twentieth-century art history: Gustav Klimt and Andy Warhol. Although at first glance these artists seem utterly contrasting, their exploration of a Kiss as a subject, which had different implications for each of them, forms a connection between them and presents these works and their historical and social context in an exciting new light. The fiftieth anniversary of Warhol's completion of his experimental film Kiss has provided the occasion to juxtapose this with one of Klimt's most iconic works, Lovers (also known by the title The Kiss). Klimt concentrates on capturing the erotically charged moment when man and woman draw closer, yet deliberately avoids representing the actual kiss as a symbol of fulfilled sexual desire. By way of contrast, in Warhol's experimental film the kiss is exalted and thus transformed into a symbol of taking a revolutionary stance against the backdrop of a deeply ingrained reactionary mentality. In their own ways, both works influenced the world in which the artists lived, at the same time as expanding the socio-political awareness of their day.

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