Re-Thinking Kirchner

Hardback

Main Details

Title Re-Thinking Kirchner
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Martina Nommsen
By (author) Annik Haldemann
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:240
Dimensions(mm): Height 280,Width 240
Category/GenreArt and design styles - Expressionism
Individual artists and art monographs
ISBN/Barcode 9783777433738
ClassificationsDewey:759.3
Audience
General
Illustrations 240 Illustrations, unspecified

Publishing Details

Publisher Hirmer Verlag
Imprint Hirmer Verlag
Publication Date 28 January 2021
Publication Country Germany

Description

A major conference was heldin 2018 in Davos, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner's elective home, to mark the 80thanniversary of the artist's death. The lavishly illustrated volume accompanying the event brings together international experts who present their approach to Kirchner's creative work, thereby providing a multi-faceted overview of an oeuvre that has lost none of its topicality to this day. The area of focus of the first international, interdisciplinary conference on Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, one of the most important artist personalities of the twentieth century, lay on fundamental questions of his artistry as well as a study of his approach to his work and the artistic process. Kirchner's work is discussed against a background of art-historical, socio-cultural and historical contexts. His interest in and study of non-European cultures, literature, philosophy, art criticism and the role of the artist provide new and exciting points of contact for today's art-theoretical and art-critical observations.

Author Biography

Martina Nommsen is the exhibition manager at the Art Centre Basel. Annick Haldemann is a curator and the artistic director of the Kirchner Museum Davos.