Turner Hugo Moreau
dal 5/10/2007 al 5/1/2008
Segnalato da
5/10/2007
Turner Hugo Moreau
Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt
The discovery of abstraction. Long before abstraction was declared the art form of the avant-garde in the twentieth century, artists created works without a recognizable object. The most prominent examples are found in the work of the landscape painter J. M. W. Turner, the poet and draftsman Victor Hugo, and the French Symbolist Gustave Moreau. Curated by Raphael Rosenberg.
The discovery of abstraction
curated by Raphael Rosenberg
Long before abstraction was declared the art form of the avant-garde in the twentieth century, artists created works without a recognizable object. The most prominent examples are found in the work of the landscape painter J. M. W. Turner, the poet and draftsman Victor Hugo, and the French “Symbolist” Gustave Moreau. Unlike previous presentations, the present exhibition breaks with a perspective concerned with how these works led to abstract art.
The central question is not “Where did these abstract works lead?” but rather “In what tradition do they stand?” The exhibition draws viewers’ attention to two traditions: first, artists’ fascination with spots or images produced by chance; second, reflection on the effect of lines, colors, and compositions in painting. It thus demonstrates that the achievement of the avant-garde around 1912 lay not in the invention of abstraction but in declaring it to be an work of art.
Image: J. M. W. Turner
Schirn Kunsthalle
Romerberg - Frankfurt