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MODERN, POSTMODERN, AND CONTEMPORARY ART AT THE NATIONALGALERIEFew eras have been so strongly defined by division, fragmentation, and renewal as the period following the Second World War. With this new presentation of its collection, the Nationalgalerie Berlin looks at how the conflicting forces, which pervaded politics and society and were marked by enormous social upheavals, also shaped the art of their time.This richly illustrated catalogue presents the museum's internationally renowned collection of works from the latter half of the 20th century, providing an overview of the diverse artistic approaches of this era. It highlights key movements such as informalism and abstract expressionism, American colour field painting, 1970s realism, action art, pop art, minimal art, conceptual art, and performance as well as video art.A CONCISE OVERVIEW OF ARTISTIC MOVEMENTS SINCE 1945At the Neue Nationalgalerie, an architectural icon of modernism designed by Mies van der Rohe, the collection of the Nationalgalerie of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin is presenting a selection of works that span the post-war period up until the turn of the millennium. This book documents the artworks on view, including paintings, objects, photographs, and video art from the Federal Republic of Germany, the former German Democratic Republic, Western Europe, the United States, and artistic developments in former socialist countries. It features works by artists such as Marina Abramovic, Candice Breitz, Francis Bacon, Lee Bontecou, Günter Brus, Tracey Emin, Valie Export, Rebecca Horn, Joan Jonas, Donald Judd, Barbara Kruger, Wolfgang Mattheuer, Louise Nevelson, A. R. Penck, Bridget Riley, Pipilotti Rist, Willi Sitte, Carole Schneemann, and Andy Warhol.A TOUR OF THE EXHIBITIONStructured along the themes of the exhibition, this publication traces the fundamental reorientation of art that took place after 1945 and continues to shape it today. Introductory texts explore the cultural, historical, political, and artistic contexts of the works. Providing further insights, more detailed commentaries on a selection of artworks delve into various key aspects. The exhibition catalogue offers a multifaceted introduction to the Nationalgalerie's collection, inviting readers to immerse themselves in the world of modern and contemporary art to gain a deeper understanding of its nuances and depths.Edited by Joachim Jäger, Maike Steinkamp, and Marta Smolinska. With a foreword by Klaus Biesenbach.978-3-86502-515-9 (English edition)978-3-86502-514-2 (German edition)

REGARDING OUR APPROACH TO THE END OF LIFE Death is a universal human experience. The knowledge of our own mortality connects us - beyond all boundaries of space, time and social conventions. Even while we're still alive, the great unknown presents us with a multitude of questions, affecting us in different ways: Is there life after death? What is a 'good death'? How do we find comfort? What remains of me? This book discusses possible answers from an individual point of view as well as from a cultural and social perspective. It forges a bridge between the nature of our fleeting existence and a culture of death that can be shaped, between the certainty of our own passing and the awareness of the impending loss of all our livelihood through the extinction of species.-Reflecting on the great unknown: What does death mean today?-Conceptions of the afterlife, funerary rites, and commemoration of the dead all around the world-Experts from the fields of journalism, philosophy, medicine, forensics, art, ecology, archaeology, psychotherapy, palliative care, zoology, and sociology illuminate the topic in all its facets-On dignity, mourning, and living with the dead-Essays, interviews, personal accounts, and photo spreadsAN ENCOUNTER WITH THE MANY DIFFERENT NOTIONS OF DEATHIn a wide-ranging compilation of essays, interviews and personal accounts, "in_finite. Living with Death" offers a multi-layered look at beliefs about the afterlife, funerary rites, the treatment of the dying, and coping with grief. Here, the perspective extends far beyond the European cultural sphere. Alongside experts from various fields of science, representatives of religious communities such as Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and the Yoruba religions, also share their views and provide nuanced accounts of diverse, including non-Western, perspectives on the end of life. This book offers an approach that contributes to a holistic understanding of death and makes it possible to ask questions that remain hidden in everyday life.ABOUT THE FINAL CHAPTER OF OUR BEINGFor all the broadness of its thematic scope, the book is clearly structured around key topics. The individual contributions range from reflections on immortality by the philosopher and journalist Stephen Cave to factual descriptions of the process of dying by Dr Jens Dreier of the Berlin Charité hospital and touching reports from the everyday lives of end-of-life caregivers from all over the world.The publication accompanying the exhibition "un_endlich. Leben mit dem Tod" is published by the Humboldt Forum Foundation in the Berliner Schloss. With contributions by Stephen Cave, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Matthias Glaubrecht, Cristina Cattaneo, Hartmut Dorgerloh, Jens Dreier, and others.

Bd: I:Das Werkverzeichnis der Gemälde, Zeichnungen und Aquarelle des ExpressionistenOtto Mueller erscheint nach seiner Erstveröffentlichung im Jahr 2003 inaktualisierter und stark erweiterter Form. Otto Mueller entwickelte trotz seinerZugehörigkeit zu den Künstlern der »Brücke« einen individuellen Stil. Sein Werkist eigenständig und unverwechselbar, überraschend vielschichtig und differenziert.Einfühlsame Bilder von badenden, Akten und Porträts in Interieurs sowie seineausgeprägte Empathie für das Leben der Roma variiert Mueller in unterschiedlichenVersionen und konzentriert sich kompromisslos auf wenige Sujets.Bd. II: Otto Mueller ist einer der wichtigsten Maler des Expressionismus. Seine Suchenach paradiesischer Harmonie und Naturverbundenheit ist das Charakteristikumseiner Werke, welches sich auch besonders in den beeindruckenden Papierarbeitenspiegelt. Mit den Farbstiftzeichnungen, Pastellen und Aquarellen findet er einenintimen Zugang zu seinen Modellen und Themen. »Hauptziel meines Strebens ist«,so der Künstler 1919, »mit größtmöglicher Einfachheit, Empfindungen von Landschaftund Mensch auszudrücken.«