Kupferstichkabinett (Collection of
Drawings & Prints) TIERGARTEN |
BERLIN | GERMANY
JULY 21, 2017-NOVEMBER 05, 2017
The Kupferstichkabinett of the
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin is dedicating its fourth summer exhibition to a
topic that is as entertaining as it is varied: the subject of music in drawings
and prints. A selection of about 100 of the most beautiful musical works will
be on display, among others by Andrea Mantegna, Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn,
Adolph von Menzel,Wassily Kandinsky, Henri Matisse, Edvard Munch, Pablo
Picasso, Roy Lichtenstein andGerhard Altenbourg.
The recurring leitmotif evident in
the exhibition is the special affinity between musical and pictorial
expression. In musical notation, for instance, many of the basic elements of
the graphic arts such as lines, initials, abbreviations, and dots capture the
fleeting sound of a melody and make it visible on paper – music, in short, is
drawn. And on the other hand, in the prints and drawings on display here, the
dancing, flowing, or staccato strokes of the pen, pencil, or burin are strongly
reminiscent of musical rhythms and harmonies. With the rise of modernism,
visual artists even started creating tonal compositions of lines and colours
rendered with pen and brush. These works impressively illustrate the creative
back-and-forth between the visual arts and music.
Berlins’ Kupferstichkabinett is home
to the most comprehensive and thematically diverse collection of European art
in Germany, spanning 10 centuries. The exhibition presents a selection of the
most beautiful musical images of the museum collection. Added to the list of
great artists featured here are the names of those great musicians and
composers who are depicted in the various works, such as Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart, Niccolò Paganini, andLudwig van Beethoven. And added to these yet again
are a number of studies in ink or pencil of individual musical instruments
which bring to life the magical beauty, for instance, of a bugle glistening in
the sun or the sensual and elegantly curved contours of various string instruments.
Similar to what the étude is to the composer, the study gives the artist an
opportunity to ‘riff’ on a motif, run it through descending scales, and view it
from different angles.
Artists on show
ADOLPH VON MENZEL
ANDREA
MANTEGNA
EDVARD MUNCH
GERHARD ALTENBOURG
HENRI MATISSE
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
PABLO PICASSO
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
ROY LICHTENSTEIN
WASSILY KANDINSKY
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