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Taten des Lichts : Mack & Goethe

Title
Taten des Lichts : Mack & Goethe / Herausgeber, Barbara Steingießer.
Publication
  • Berlin : Hatje Cantz, [2018]
  • ©2018

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Additional Authors
  • Steingiesser, Barbara
  • Goethe-Museum Düsseldorf, Anton-und-Katharina-Kippenberg-Stiftung, host institution.
Description
479 pages : illustrations (some color); 33 cm
Summary
Colors are the deeds of light. This quote from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe?s Theory of Colors supplies the title for a special, large exhibition at the Goethe Museum in Dusseldorf, as well as for the companion catalogue. The show juxtaposes Goethe's (1749-1832) world of ideas and the work by the Light artist and co-founder of the ZERO group Heinz Mack (*1931, Lollar, Germany). Yet, what is it that connects the classical author to the avant-garde artist? Surprising parallels emerge, manifesting in the universality of the two artists' interests and their orientation toward the future. Mack's enthusiasm for the structures of organic and inorganic life encounters Goethe's ideas on morphology, the theory of the formation and transmutation of organic bodies. And paintings inspired by the Far East are affirmed by Goethe's insight, "The Orient and the Occident can no longer be separated." Never-before- exhibited works by Mack meet rare Goethe exponents from the Dusseldorf museum, as well as loans from Weimar, Dresden, and Vienna. Exhibition: Goethe-Museum Düsseldorf / Anton-und-Katharina-Kippenberg-Stiftung, Düsseldorf, Germany (04.03. - 27.05.2018).
Alternative Title
Taten des Lichts : Mack and Goethe
Subject
  • Mack, Heinz, 1931- > Exhibitions
  • Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832 > Exhibitions
  • Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832. > Exhibitions
  • Light in art > Exhibitions
  • Art and philosophy > Exhibitions
  • Color in art > Exhibitions
Note
  • Published in conjunction with exhibition at the Goethe-Museum Düsseldorf / Anton-und-Katharina-Kippenberg-Stiftung, Germany, March 4-September 30, 2018.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Language (note)
  • German and English.
Call Number
JQG 18-639
ISBN
  • 377574407X
  • 9783775744072
OCLC
1017600940
Title
Taten des Lichts : Mack & Goethe / Herausgeber, Barbara Steingießer.
Publisher
Berlin : Hatje Cantz, [2018]
Copyright Date
©2018
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Language
German and English.
Added Author
Steingiesser, Barbara, editor.
Goethe-Museum Düsseldorf, Anton-und-Katharina-Kippenberg-Stiftung, host institution.
Research Call Number
JQG 18-639
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