The exhibition “Kirchner. Picasso” at the LWL Museum of Art and Culture stages the parallels between the two artists as an immersive experience that unfolds at the intersection of art, performance, and self-fashioning.
The exhibition ‘Kirchner. Picasso’ at the LWL Museum of Art and Culture in Münster presents the first comprehensive exploration of the two artists, whose lives and works show exciting parallels.
The graphic design of the exhibition is inspired by modernism and uses the ‘Neue Brücke’ font, a contemporary reinterpretation of the woodcut typography that Kirchner developed for the ‘Brücke’ group of artists. In addition to texts, quotes and a wordmark, a large part of the project was a large-scale wall design that showed the biographies of Kirchner and Picasso in parallel.
As both artists were strongly influenced by the vaudeville culture of the 1920s and by dance, a modern interpretation of a vaudeville theater, complete with a dressing room and cinema, was incorporated into the exhibition.
A central space is the artists‘ studio: surrounded by large-format original images, visitors are invited to unleash their own creativity and experiment with various drawing styles. The scenography is based on the design of stage sets – for both artists, the studio was not only a place to work and experiment, but also a place for self-presentation.
- Client
- LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur
- Location
- Münster
- Type
- Special exhibition
- Services
- Creative concept, scenography, exhibition graphics and interactive elements
- Team
- Anne Ossenbühl, Enya Rosing, Emily Metzger
- Photos
- Hanna Neander, LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur
