Fotogaga: Max Ernst and Photography

A Visit from the Würth Collection

Max Ernst repeatedly broke with artistic conventions and experimented with new techniques. However, he was not a photographer. This special exhibition is the first to look for points of contact between his work and photography.

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  Max Ernst: Lichtrad / la roue de la lumière, aus: Histoire Naturelle, Blatt 29, 1926. Lichtdruck nach Frottage, 32,5 x 50 cm. Sammlung Würth

• Joseph Breitenbach: Max Ernst, Paris 1936. Silbergelatinepapier, 35,3 x 27,8 cm. Sammlung Würth

• Max Ernst: Frontispiz, aus: Paul Éluard: Répétitions, 1921. Druck nach Collage, 5,5 x 10,3 cm. Sammlung Würth

• Max Ernst: …des vollständig auf sie beschränkten, des vom Rest der Welt isolierten / … d’absolument limité à eux, d’isolant du reste du monde, aus: André Breton: Le château étoilé, 1936. Fotogramm nach Frottage, 25 x 20 cm. Sammlung Würth

• Emila Medková: Schwarz / Černoch, 1949. Silbergelatinepapier, 17,7 x 23 cm. Sammlung Dietmar Siegert

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Max Ernst (1891–1976) and photography? Ernst is one of the most important artists of Dadaism and Surrealism, who in his genre-bending works made the everyday strange and connected the realms of dream and reality. In the process, he constantly broke with artistic conventions and experimented with new techniques. He was not, however, a photographer. For the first time, this exhibition looks for points of connection between his oeuvre and photography. Some of these are direct, as in photo-collages, however they are often indirect, and serve to confuse. A representative selection of works by Max Ernst from the Würth Collection, including both prominent pieces and less well-known ones, form the core of this exhibition. Contextualising connections are drawn between these works and contemporary and historical references, with the selection complemented by works from the Kunstbibliothek, the Kupferstichkabinett and the Nationalgalerie, as well as by pieces from other collections.

Runtime: Fri, 18/10/2024 to Sun, 27/04/2025

Price: €12.00

Reduced price: €6.00

Reduced price info: Children and young people up to the age of 18 are admitted free of charge.

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• Museum für Fotografie - Helmut Newton Stiftung

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