Exhibitions
Zerstörte Vielfalt. Berlin 1933-1938-1945. Eine Stadt erinnert sich
Kulturprojekte Berlin, Berlin (Germany)
Kulturprojekte Berlin
Klosterstraße 68, Berlin, Germany
“Diversity Destroyed. Berlin 1933-1938-1945. A City Remembers”, is an outdoor exhibition organized by Kulturprojekte Berlin (Cultural Projects Berlin). It commemorates the systematic suppression of Berlin’s burgeoning cultural landscape by the Nazis, on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of Hitler’s ascension to power on January 30, 1933 and the 75th anniversary of the so-called “Night of Broken Glass” on November 9/10. Forty information pillars are placed on important public squares in Berlin, reminding pedestrians of people, who were important to Berlin’s vibrant cultural life during the Weimar Republic, encompassing musical performance, dance, theatre, cinema and much more. Over 200 biographies feature people, who the Nazis wanted to erase from public memory, and who were persecuted, ostracized and/or banned. Among [...]
“Golem”
Jüdisches Museum Berlin, Berlin (Germany)
Jüdisches Museum Berlin
Lindenstraße 9-14, Berlin, Germany
Fritz Ascher's monumental painting "Golem" from 1916 is part of the exhibition "Golem" at the Jewish Museum Berlin (September 23, 2016 - January 29, 2017).websiteThe myth of the human being that can create new life is the central theme of the large thematic exhibition "Golem" at the Jewish Museum Berlin. Until today the most prominent Jewish legendary figure inspires generations of artists and writers. The exhibition presents the Golem from its Jewish mystical source to popular narratives for film or in artistic and digital media. Formed in clay or dust, a being is brought to life by mystical rituals including Hebrew letter combinations. Created by a human being, the Golem becomes a helper, a companion or the savior of a [...]
“Leben ist Glühn” Der Expressionist Fritz Ascher
Felix-Nussbaum-Haus, Osnabrück (Germany)
Felix Nussbaum House / Museum of Cultural History
Lotter Str. 2, Osnabrück, Germany
The first ever Fritz Ascher Retrospective is on view at the Felix-Nussbaum-Haus in Osnabrück from September 25, 2016 until January 15, 2017. website link This first comprehensive retrospective of Fritz Ascher's art shows a representative group of ca. 80 works (30 paintings and 50 works on paper), which span his whole oeuvre from first academic studies to monumental Expressionist figure compositions to late landscapes. The emotional immediacy, intensity and authenticity of Fritz Ascher’s work insures its relevance for today’s viewers. At the same time, it raises interesting questions about individuality and artistic integrity in response to conditions of extreme duress and to political tyranny. The exhibition is under patronage of the German Minister of Culture and Media Prof. Monika Grütters. [...]
Verfahren. “Wiedergutmachung” im geteilten Berlin
Aktives Museum, Berlin (Germany)
Aktives Museum
Stauffenbergstraße 13-14, Berlin, Germany
The Aktive Museum in cooperation with the Gedenkstätte deutscher Widerstand and the Gedenk- und Bildungsstätte Haus der Wannsee-Konferenz is examining the practice of restitution after 1945 in divided Berlin, which is shown on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the liberation from the National Socialist Regime. website Especially in Berlin, where during the Cold War two completely different concepts of restitution existed side-by-side, their political framework and its consequences for the restitution procedures can be demonstrated like nowhere else. 27 individual cases vividly present diverse groups of victims and restitution procedures in Berlin West and East. They illustrate the repercussions of the often lengthy procedures for the victims. At the same time, the sociopolitical parameters can be determined that caused [...]
“Leben ist Glühn” Der Expressionist Fritz Ascher
Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz MUSEUM GUNZENHAUSER, Chemnitz (Germany)
Museum Gunzenhauser
Stollberger Str. 2, Chemnitz, Germany
The worldwide first Fritz Ascher Retrospective is on view at the Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz - MUSEUM GUNZENHAUSER from March 5 to June 18, 2017. (website link) The main focus of the presentation at the Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz - MUSEUM GUNZENHAUSER is on the artist's important early masterworks like "Golgatha" (1915), "Bajazzo and Artists" (ca. 1916) and "The Tortured" (ca. 1916). For the first time ever, Fritz Ascher’s “Golem” from the collection of the Jewish Museum Berlin will here be reunited with other works the artist created between 1913 and 1933. The Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz is home to an important collection of German Expressionism, dominated by artwork of the locally founded Expressionist group Brücke and especially Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, who grew up in Chemnitz, along [...]
“Hauptstadtfussball” 125 Jahre: Hertha BSC & Lokalrivalen
Ephraim-Palais Museum – Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin, Berlin (Germany)
Ephraim-Palais Museum
Poststraße 16, Berlin, Germany
July 25th, 2017 is the 125th birthday of the Berlin soccer club Hertha BSC. This birthday is celebrated with a special exhibition at the museum Ephraim-Palais, which enables visitors to experience captivating chapters of Berlin sports- and city history. Today Herta is Number One among Berlin soccer clubs, followed by East Berlin's Union Berlin. But those who know the scene know that there are more than 400 soccer clubs in Berlin, with more that 150,000 members, as well as numerous soccer fields and pubs for fans. Fritz Ascher's drawing "Soccer Players" from c. 1916 is part of this exhibition. The artist portraits a dramatic scene: surrounded by four players the forward attacks from the left. His leg is still up [...]
“Beauteous Strivings”: Fritz Ascher, Works on Paper
New York Studio School, New York (USA)
New York Studio School
8 W 8th St, New York, NY, United States
For the first time in the United States, this exhibition presents works on paper by the German Expressionist Fritz Ascher (1893-1970). In these landscapes, made after 1945, the artist radically departed from the figural compositions he created during the Weimar years. At the same time, he built on his Expressionist visual language of vigorous brushstrokes and expressive colors. Born 1893 in Berlin, Ascher showed talent early. At the age of 16, he studied with Max Liebermann, who recommended him to the Königsberg Art Academy. Soon after, he studied with Lovis Corinth in Berlin. In contact with such artists as Emil Nolde and Edvard Munch, Ascher developed an expressionist pictorial language and created powerful figural compositions. After 1933, the Jewish-born Ascher [...]
“Leben ist Glühn” Der Expressionist Fritz Ascher
Museum Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf in der Villa Oppenheim, Berlin (Germany)
Villa Oppenheim - Museum Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf
Schloßstraße 55, Berlin, Germany
Coming home: With more than 80 paintings and works on paper, the worldwide first Fritz Ascher Retrospective is on view at the places where Fritz Ascher lived and worked, with parallel exhibitions in Berlin and Potsdam. Each venue shows a representative group of powerful paintings and drawings, which span Ascher's whole oeuvre from first academic studies to monumental Expressionist figure compositions to late landscapes. Both venues present Fritz Ascher's poems, written while hiding from Nazi persecution, as "unpainted paintings" in relation to his artwork. In Berlin, Museum Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf in der Villa Oppenheim shows an overview of the artist’s creative development, with a focus on works that relate to Berlin. We see his sketch of the artist Max Liebermann as [...]
