Couleur Vivante
Publishers: Museum Wiesbaden, Reinhard und Sonja Ernst-Stiftung und Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden (Hrsg.),
Essays by Jörg Daur, Jana Dennhard, Lotte Dinse, Andreas Henning, Anne-Kathrin Hinz, Oliver Kornhoff, Caroline Marié, Lea Schäfer
dcv, 2026
German-English edition
Essays by Jörg Daur, Jana Dennhard, Lotte Dinse, Andreas Henning, Anne-Kathrin Hinz, Oliver Kornhoff, Caroline Marié, Lea Schäfer
dcv, 2026
German-English edition
70 Years of Colour Alive
Three art venues in Wiesbaden commemorate the groundbreaking exhibition Lebendige Farbe — Couleur vivante, which in 1957 came to symbolise a new attitude to life following the Second World War. Eight German and eight French works representing the Informel movement came together for the first time in the venerable halls of the Städtisches Museum Wiesbaden – and together brought a radical, gestural art form into the heart of society. This unbridled painting both unsettled and inspired, challenged viewers and transformed perceptions of what modern art could be and achieve within a museum. Seventy years on, the Museum Reinhard Ernst, the Museum Wiesbaden and the Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden are jointly revisiting this artistic high point, asking what remains of the spirit of optimism that prevailed at the time — and how relevant the questions of freedom and the significance of modern art remain to this day.
ISBN: 978-3-96912-298-3
Year of release:
2026
Language:
German
Cover:
Hardcover
35.00 €
