Drumbeat of Modernism
Drumbeat of Modernism
June 29, 2017
Man Ray, Larmes de verre, 1932, silver gelatine
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2017 and Man Ray Trust, Paris
It shows over 80 key modern pieces belonging to the Barbara and Horst Hahn collection. The significance for 20th century art of the artists included in this exhibition can not be appreciated enough. Their interconnected effect, and their work – that was mutually nurturing –, conveyed the ideas of modernism to photography.
The immediate expression of the times following World War I, was manifested in their “Neuen Sehen” (New seeing) style. The foundations of this new aesthetic imagery are still valid today.
Further information at: Kunstmuseum Dieselkraftwerk Cottbus
Man Ray, Larmes de verre, 1932, silver gelatine
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2017 and Man Ray Trust, Paris
El Lissitzky, Portrait Kurt Schwitters, 1924, photo montage on silver gelatine
© El Lissitzky Estate
László Moholy-Nagy, untitled (Universe), 1935