Starting March 21, 2018, the Schirn presents an extensive exhibition on
the political art of the present day.
Not exact matches
The analysis
of present -
day visual culture as a specific cultural, social,
political and aesthetic phenomenon urgently raises the question
of the legitimacy
of traditional institutions and notions
of art.
The exhibition brings together seminal paintings, photographs and installations that provide an overview
of the artistic, socio - economic and
political concerns
of post-war Germany, a time period when these artists were reconciling with the trauma
of war, finding a national identity and constantly pushing the limits
of modern and contemporary
art, through to the
present day.
Rehabilitated by formalists looking for sources for the post-war triumph
of American painting, Monet has also been reinterpreted as a quintessential man
of his time from a
political and philosophical point
of view by
present -
day revisionist
art historians.