Florine Stettheimer (1871–1944) thematisierte in ihren Werken Beautycontests, das Partyleben und die Konsumkultur. Sie gestaltete Bühnenbilder und Kostüme und etablierte mit ihren Schwestern einen liberalen Salon in New York. Der illustrierte Katalog präsentiert eine Auswahl ihres Schaffens und dokumentiert Studio und Salonkultur.
Kollektive der Moderne
Erik Schmidt has hunting fever. This, his latest work, focuses on the sport as used in the aristocracy to stage-manage social image. Hunting is a social game, a fixed convention--and so the artist lay in wait, observed the codes, apparel and gestures, and was allowed to slip into character. The resulting works in film and painting pick up on the sport's classic visual theme, but Schmidt's plan of attack is In taking on the role of the hunter, he reimagines the dialectic between hunter and hunted, perpetrator and victim. Hunting Grounds not only elucidates the sport's social and symbolic consequences and explores ideas of masculinity, but also reveals and engages our enduring fascination with this archaic, male-dominated world.
The book explores the formation of artist collectives worldwide from 1900 to 1980, highlighting their diverse concerns and methodologies shaped by historical contexts like modernization and decolonization. It accompanies the exhibition "Group Dynamics – The Blue Rider" and features insights into Der Blaue Reiter.
Franz Marc and Wassily Kandinsky's 1911 almanac, Der Blaue Reiter, established a transnational artist circle promoting a global understanding of art. The Lenbachhaus examines the work of artists like Gabriele Münter in various contexts. Despite colonial challenges, the idea of equal rights in cultural production remains central to their current exhibition.