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Maria VMier, Companion in Doubt and in Failure (INDIGO), 2021, Tusche, Pigment und Gummi Arabicum auf Papier, 277 x 196 cm​, 2022 mit Mitteln der Written Art Collection für die Bayerischen Staatsgemäldesammlungen erworben, Foto: Galerie Christine Mayer, © Maria VMier
14/06/2024 - 08/09/2024

TURMOIL HANS HARTUNG AND MARIA VMIER

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

With Collection+, the Sammlung Moderne Kunst (Modern Art Collection) in the Pinakothek der Moderne has been presenting works from its holdings since 2019. New acquisitions, discoveries and thematic focuses show the diversity of the holdings in collaboration with partners and foundations.

TURMOIL features works by Franco-German artist Hans Hartung (1904–1989) shown in dialogue with the art of German artists Maria VMier (b. 1985).

Hans Hartung, pioneer of European Art Informel and lyrical abstraction, understood line as an expression of energy and much less as a notation of form. His repeated, rapid yet controlled lines evoke a sense of rhythm, expressivity, and power. Through the interplay of gestural brushstrokes and innovative use of material and technique, he created pulsating, dynamic compositions, whose aura of paradoxical calm-in-motion continues to influence painters working today.

While Maria VMier’s gestural mode of painting certainly acknowledges Hartung’s legacy, they broaden their painterly vocabulary with their own independent, contemporary approach, influenced by their exploration of body politics and their study of sculpture. VMier’s large-format works on paper create the impression of bodies in constant motion, peeling through abstraction to reveal the figure. Their gestural, overlapping, and condensed lines give a sense of three-dimensional depth that is reminiscent of sculptural forms such as the figura serpentinata – a spiral motif rediscovered in the Renaissance.

In the current presentation of TURMOIL, the pulsating energies of Hartung and VMier merge into a common line of flight. Past and present are fused together, with viewers invited to explore the interaction of line and gesture and to experience the sense of restlessness, be it in the creative process or in the act of viewing.

In association with the Written Art Collection.

Curator: Judith Csiki

Maria VMier, Companion in Doubt and in Failure (INDIGO), 2021, Tusche, Pigment und Gummi Arabicum auf Papier, 277 x 196 cm​, 2022 mit Mitteln der Written Art Collection für die Bayerischen Staatsgemäldesammlungen erworben, Foto: Galerie Christine Mayer, © Maria VMier
Maria VMier, Companion in Doubt and in Failure (INDIGO), 2021, Tusche, Pigment und Gummi Arabicum auf Papier, 277 x 196 cm​, 2022 mit Mitteln der Written Art Collection für die Bayerischen Staatsgemäldesammlungen erworben, Foto: Galerie Christine Mayer, © Maria VMier

COLLECTION+ 2024 | WALK THE LINE

ONE MOTTO

SIX EXHIBITIONS

MANY PATHS TO ABSTRACTION

With the motto "Walk the Line", the Modern Art Collection presents six exhibitions in six rooms, which show different artistic paths into abstraction. Line, gesture and the question of material serve as creative starting points. Just how multifaceted these paths can be is revealed through selected positions from different areas of the collection and collaborations, which include painting and photography, drawing and sculpture: Balancing acts that move formally between representationalism and abstraction and at the same time explore the critical potential of unconventional lines.

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Pinakothek der Moderne
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80333 München

Admission prices (Inclusive opening hours )

Sunday admission 1€

Thursday – Saturday 10€
reduced 7€
Day pass (Alte Pinakothek, Pinakothek der Moderne, Museum Brandhorst, Sammlung Schack) 12€

Duration of the visit

ca. 60 minutes

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