Exhibition

Faces of Expressionism

26. 05. 2018 – 20. 09. 2018

The exhibition features works of famous authors of German and Czech expressionism, such as Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Emil Nolde, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Käthe Kollwitz, August Brömse, Emil Filla, Josef Čapek, Bohumil Kubišta, Otto Gutfreund and others, which will be placed side by side with works by Slovenian expressionist artists, such as Božidar Jakac, France Kralj, Tone Kralj, Veno Pilon, Fran Tratnik, Nande Vidmar, Drago Vidmar and others.

The exhibition was created in cooperation of Božidar Jakac Art Museum with the GASK – Gallery of the Central Bohemian Region, Kutná Hora (CZ). The exhibition presents works from: Božidar Jakac Art Museum, GASK – Gallery of the Central Bohemian Region, Kutná Hora, IFA – Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen, Kupferstich-Kabinett, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Kunstforum Ostdeutsche Galerie Regensburg, The Museum of Modern Art in Ljubljana, Museum of Contemporary History of Slovenia, The Pilon Gallery, Maribor Art Gallery as well as from private collections.

Curators: Goran Milovanović & dr. Robert Simonišek

Photo: Tomaž Grdin, GBJ archive

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