Alexandra Bircken’s art is based on the principles of separating and combining our internal and external worlds. The Museum Brandhorst will dedicate the most extensive exhibition to date of the works of this internationally renowned German sculptor.
Contemporary sculpture is populated by hybrid techno-bodies. But such connections between technology and the body reach far back into modernity. The international symposium "Future Bodies from a Recent Past—Sculpture, Technology, and the Body since the 1950s" explores these lines of reference: On three evenings, leading theorists from various disciplines will discuss a multi-perspective history of contemporary sculpture.
Andy Warhol’s “Mustard Race Riot” is one of the key works of the Brandhorst Collection. In his essay, Gürsoy Doğtaş opens up a new perspective on the diptych: He places the focus of observation on the racist structures in the presentation of black civil rights campaigners.
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The Collection
More than 1,200 works of art span an arc from the 1960s to the present. Highlights such as the world's most extensive collection of works by Cy Twombly, the largest collection of Andy Warhol's works in Europe, outstanding groups of post-modern works and international positions in contemporary painting are waiting to be explored.
