Approximately 130 large-format paintings, sculptures, and objects from 1961 to the present day reveal the artist and his most important themes and groups of works. The first large survey in Germany in twenty years presents Penck’s work against the backdrop of changed social and art-immanent contexts and forms of reception. Since his expatriation in 1980, he has employed his unmistakable style to turn abstracted figures and pictorial signs into a universal vocabulary in which recollections of the beginnings of painting are fused with contemporary history and modern science to form a memorable visual world.
Even while still in the German Democratic Republic, Penck repeatedly addressed the topic of the relationship between the individual and society. Hardly any German artist did as much as A.R. PENCK RETROSPECTIVE IN TWENTY YEARSĬURATOR: Dr. Including 350 color plates, Fantastic Women showcases their paintings, drawings, photography, films, and other artworks that create a powerful case for the recognition and celebration of the surreal and fanciful work of the women artists of the avant-garde.THE SCHIRN KUNSTHALLE FRANKFURT PRESENTS THE FIRST MAJOR A.R.
In true surrealist form, Fantastic Women highlights their creative engagement with the imagination and the unconscious through their fascination with political topics, literature, and foreign myths.
Their art questioned the female image and role in society while attempting to establish a new persona for generations to come. While male surrealists chose to portray women as goddesses, she-devils, dolls, fetishes, nymphets, or imaginary figures, the female artists emphasized the unexpected influences of established gender roles and social behaviors. Seeking to present the female perspective of the women artists of surrealism, Fantastic Women highlights this forgotten side of the avant-garde movement.Įven though most women of the movement were considered to be the partners or models of Breton’s circle, they actually played a larger role. Yet, there were many more surrealist women artists than has been recognized-until now. But it has been an artistic movement most associated with the famous men who’ve become household names in art, such as Salvador Dali and Rene Magritte. Fantastic Women: Surreal Worlds from Meret Oppenheim to Louise Bourgeois, by Ingrid Pfeiffer / ISBN 9783777434148 / 260 works by 36 artists / A top-notch 420-page hardcover, 9.5 x 11.5 inches, from Hirmer Publishersįounded by French writer and poet André Breton in 1924, surrealism was an artistic and literary cultural movement known for its visual art and writings that challenged the power of imagination.
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