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7/9/2005

Rodin Beuys

Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt

Works by Auguste Rodin and Joseph Beuys

The exhibition Rodin Beuys is the first time the artistic work of Auguste Rodin (1840–1917) and Joseph Beuys (1921–86) has been brought together. With their respective conceptions of sculpture and drawing, both artists greatly influenced the evolution of art in the twentieth century and established trends that remain of relevance today. Between 1947 and 1964 Beuys produced hundreds of works on paper in a style that echoes the technique and formal language of Rodin’s drawings and watercolors from 1895 to 1910. In the graphic works of both artists, the female body epitomizes elemental, transformative natural forces. While several authors have noticed similarities between the two artists’ watercolors, parallels in their three-dimensional work have yet to be explored. As it turns out, Beuys deeply admired the dynamic surface quality of Rodin’s work. He also appreciated the French artists’ elevation of the torso to an autonomous art form. More than 130 works on paper and 35 masterpieces of sculpture illuminate Rodin’s importance for Beuys’s work. In addition, 15 works by Wilhelm Lehmbruck (1881–1919) shed light on Beuys’s grappling with the works by a German sculptor who was himself in turn inspired by the French master.

Immage. Augste Rodin, Iris, Messagère des Dieux, N.D. Press preview: Thursday, 8 September 2005, 11.00 a.m., Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt

With Pamela Kort, curator of the exhibition, and Max Hollein, Director of the Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt.

Schirn Kunsthalle
Römerberg - Frankfurt am Main

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