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Director Cathrin Klingsöhr-Leroy says goodbye to the Kochler Franz Marc Museum with the exhibition “With Other Eyes”. © URSULA_MAIER
Cathrin Klingsöhr-Leroy, director of the Franz Marc Museum since 2008, is retiring with a special exhibition. The show was designed by her and three colleagues.
Kochel am See – Director Cathrin Klingsöhr-Leroy says goodbye to the Kochler Franz Marc Museum with the exhibition “With Other Eyes”. As reported, she is retiring at the end of April. Finally, in this show she tries to open up new perspectives with an unconventional approach. Klingsöhr-Leroy invited three women – colleagues and friends – to a joint project.
Together with the well-known artist Karin Kneffel, whose exhibition was a crowd puller in Kochel in 2022, the Romanist Barbara Vinken and the art historian Julia Voss, Klingsöhr-Leroy takes a different look at the museum's collection. “We would like to cast unusual perspectives on the well-known works of the Blaue Reiter and the 'Brücke' by looking at the works from the perspective of their current scientific and artistic work,” says Klingsöhr-Leroy at the presentation. In her opinion, today's view of Expressionist artists is often limited; we usually focus purely on the colors, she regrets. The artistic movement at the time had the goal of changing society, breaking down hierarchies and questioning moral concepts. “These were revolutionary ideas,” explains Klingsöhr-Leroy. “Today one would say: “The artists thought European, even global.”
Wolfgang Laib installing his work “Blütenberg”. It consists of hazelnut pollen. © Oberlander
“Micro-exhibitions” in the collection presentation
Four thematic rooms, so to speak “micro-exhibitions” in the collection presentation, await visitors. The area that Klingsöhr-Leroy designed is entitled “Growth of Night Plants” based on the painting of the same name by Paul Klee. It hangs in a small cabinet that is not accessible this time. There is a good reason why it was closed with a chest-high pane of glass: next to Klee's painting there is a highly sensitive, cylindrical "mountain" made of hazelnut pollen. It was created by artist Wolfgang Laib. She is enthusiastic about Laib's art, who works a lot with natural materials, such as wax and milk. “They are works full of mindfulness that respect nature and plants,” says Klingsöhr-Leroy. The Expressionist artists did the same.
Four different questions
Klingsöhr-Leroy explores the question of whether plants have a soul. That's why she designed the area with works by artists who attribute a special energy and spirituality to plants. On display are calligraphic tree paintings by the Japanese artist Leiko Ikemura, drawings by Joseph Beuys and Peter Handke, and three-dimensional nature studies by Anna Moll.
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The special exhibition “With Different Eyes” also revolves around the question of how artistic depictions of mother and child have changed, from religious depictions of the Madonna to Expressionism. Karin Kneffel worked on this topic. Franz Marc's painting “Girl with Cat II”, a depiction of his wife Maria as a Madonna, hangs in this room. As a literary scholar, gender and fashion researcher, Barbara Vinken deals with the character of fashion since the French Revolution and gender attributions. For example, it's about Else Lasker-Schuler's androgynous self-portrayal. And the art historian Julia Voss compares watercolors by Hilma af Klint with works by Wassily Kandinsky. Both were pioneers on the path to abstract painting around 1910.
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Further information:
The special exhibition “With Different Eyes” can be seen in the Franz Marc Museum until June 30th. The museum is open every day except Mondays, currently from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., from April until 6 p.m.