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Otto Mueller
20.9.2024 to 2.2.2025
On the 150th anniversary of Otto Mueller’s birth, the Münster-based LWL–Museum für Kunst und Kultur is organising a major exhibition dedicated to this Expressionist painter. The show presents his oeuvre in the context of his lifetime and the output of fellow artists, in particular, those of the Die Brücke group such as Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. It also highlights Mueller’s approach to nudes and nature, his keen interest in other cultures and his relationships with models and partners.
Works by various contemporary artists deal with stereotypes of minorities in Mueller’s art: an installation by Black German scientist Natasha A. Kelly (born 1973) explores Mueller’s links with colonialism. Małgorzata Mirga-Tas, (born 1978), Luna De Rosa (born 1991) and Vera Lacková (born 1989), members of the Romani community, expose prejudices against their people and re-evaluate their depiction in Mueller’s works. Sara Bahadori and Amdrita Jakupi from “Safe Space e.V.” made a film in which they conducted interviews with romani people. The interviewees describe how Mueller's works affect them and report on the injuries caused by the images.
The exhibition is sponsored by the Stiftung kunst³, the museum's donors, and the LWL-Kulturstiftung.
Information and Service
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Public Guides Tours
Duration: 60 Min.
Wednesday: 12.15 pm
Thursday: 3.15 pm
Saturday+Sunday: 11.15 am, 2.15 pm, 4.15 pm
Tickets are available via the Ticketshop.
Curator tours to Otto Mueller
Thursday, 24.10.24, 4.30 – 5.30 pm, with Ann-Catherine Weise
Thursday, 14.11.24, 4.30 – 5.30 pm, with Dr. Tanja Pirsig-Marshall
Thursday, 21.12.24, 4.30 – 5.30 pm, with Ann-Catherine Weise
Thursday, 16.1.25, 4.30 – 5.30 pm, with Dr. Tanja Pirsig-Marshall
Tickets are available via the Ticketshop
Public tours on Instagram
Every Tuesday, 6 pm
Cultural program
Concert
Riah Knight & Band (UK/ Berlin)
Concert of the TonArt series with Gleis 22
Monday, September 30, 2024, 8 pm, Foyer, admission VVK: € 12 / AK: € 15
Lecture
Night flowers from India's gardens
The painter Otto Mueller seeks the “gypsy feeling”
with Prof. Dr. Klaus-Michael Bogdal
Wednesday, October 16, 2024, 7:30 pm
Panel discussion
Opportunities for cooperation. Museums as places of postcolonial debates
with Prof. Dr. Natasha A. Kelly (Berlin) and Dr. Hermann Arnhold
Wednesday, November 20, 2024, 7:30 pm, Auditorium
Film + panel discussion
Peter Nestler's documentary “Being a Gypsy” (1970)
followed by a discussion with Dr. Radmila Mladenova (Antiziganism Research Centre, Heidelberg University) and André Raatzsch (Central Council of Sinti and Roma, Heidelberg) on the status quo and empowerment of the community.
Tuesday, December 3, 7:30 pm, Auditorium
Further events will follow.
School-program
Costs
Free admission for school groups
Exhibition talks: 60 minutes/30 euros
Workshops: 120 minutes/60 Euros
Workshop and tour prices apply for a maximum of 15 participants.
Several workshops will be offered as part of the special exhibition, aimed at school classes 1 to 13:
Overview of the workshops:
- Immersion - underwater boxes (class 1-4)
- Antidotes - Installation (Class 3-13)
- Amplifier - Portraits (Grades 5-13)
- Closeness to nature - color production (grades 5-13)
- Image and counter-image - mapping (grades 5 -13)
- Kitchen Art - Lithography (Class 11-13)
The curatorial team
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