Paths to abstraction in the three-border-area

2.7.-25.9.22 / Kulturhistorisches Museum Franziskanerkloster / Zittau

Although political intolerance, two world wars, and the decades-long division of Europe into Western and Eastern blocs repeatedly interrupted and sought to suppress its development, abstraction has continued to assert its place in the art scene to this day, evolving in ever-new forms. In addition to the frequently highlighted metropolises of Paris, Berlin, and New York, the East and its border regions also produced prominent representatives such as Otto Mueller, Gerhard Richter, Strawalde, Sigmar Polke, Horst Weber, Frank Nitsche, and Thoralf Knobloch, who were born here or gained their first artistic experiences before later conquering galleries, museums, and the global art market. It is also important to rediscover many other artists who have received little international attention so far, such as Hans Tischler, Fritz Neumann-Hegenberg, Marg and Oscar Moll, Carl Lohse, Willy Schmidt, Horst Strempel, Hans Schulze, Reinhard Roy, and others, who kept the paths to abstraction open, allowing it to regain momentum as cross-border cultural exchange has become a given once more.

with:
Georg Baselitz   Bettina Böhme   Ludwig A. Böhme   Artur Bonk  Elmar Brendgen   Hans Christoph Ilona Chválová Walter Deckwarth Heinz Fesser Moritz Gabriel  Adolf Traugott v Gersdorf  Hilde Golde  David Hanvald   Angelika Heinze   Frank Hiller  Olaf Holzapfel Beate Hornig Tilmann Hornig Janusz Jasiński Angelika John  Eckhard Kempin Thoralf Knobloch Rosemarie Köster Paula Lauenstein 
Hans Leistikow    Carl Lohse   Maria Maier   Marg Moll   Oskar Moll     Otto Mueller      Georg Nerlich    Fritz Neumann-Hegenberg   Frank Nitsche   Elke  Noßky    Frank  Panse     Walter  Piroch      Stefan  Plenkers     Sigmar Polke  Gerhard Richter   Reinhard Roy   Zdena Šafka   Daniel Sambo-Richter   Richard Sander   Willy Schmidt    Willy Schulz   Miloš Šejn   Ju  Sobing   Norbert Strahl   Strawalde   Horst Strempel   Elżbieta Suchcicka   Richard Süßmuth  Heinrich Tischler   Renate Tost    Anna Trojanowska     Eva Vlasáková      Horst Weber    Johannes Wüsten