{"id":72178,"date":"2024-05-27T08:18:27","date_gmt":"2024-05-27T07:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/?p=72178"},"modified":"2024-09-30T10:56:00","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T09:56:00","slug":"new-objectivity-germany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/new-objectivity-germany\/","title":{"rendered":"Splendor &amp; Misery Exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/leopoldnewobjectivitysmall.jpg\" alt=\"A museum index\" class=\"wp-image-72173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/leopoldnewobjectivitysmall.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/leopoldnewobjectivitysmall-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Germany in the 1920s and 1930s mixed post-WWI trauma and economic strife with emancipation, emotional release and hope. Those two decades also saw the rise of New Objectivity in German art: the topic of the Leopold Museum&#8217;s <em>Splendor and Misery<\/em> exhibition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Around 150 works<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A return to reality in all its facets<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Intriguing look into an era and movement<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Runs May 25 &#8211; Sept 29, 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>See also:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/leopold-museum\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"4014\">Leopold Museum overview<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/events\/exhibitions\/#modernart\">Modern art exhibitions<\/a> in Vienna<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">New Objectivity in Germany<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/newobjectivity1.jpg\" alt=\"View of an exhibition gallery\" class=\"wp-image-72175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/newobjectivity1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/newobjectivity1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(View of the exhibition \u00a9 Leopold Museum, Vienna, Photo: Lisa Rastl)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>History is full of complex eras that brought forth particular art movements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Imagine Germany after WWI; a country in transition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Riven by the horrors of war and its disastrous psychological and socioeconomic impacts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But also experiencing the return of hope, some kind of <em>joie de vivre<\/em>, emancipation and technological advances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A glass that was half empty or half full. Or actually both.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Such combinations create a tension that brings a response from artists. In Germany, it gave rise to <em>New Objectivity<\/em>: reflecting the times in art with a fresh and needed realism.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/newobjectivity3.jpg\" alt=\"Artwork by K\u00e4the Kollwitz\" class=\"wp-image-72177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/newobjectivity3.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/newobjectivity3-300x250.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(K\u00e4the Kollwitz, <em>The Survivors<\/em>. Poster Against the War, commissioned by the International Federation of Trade Unions, no script, 1923 \u00a9 Private Collection Vienna, Photo: Leopold Museum, Vienna)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The title of the <em>Splendor and Misery<\/em> exhibition at the Leopold Museum captures the era and its representation in New Objectivity well. A movement strongly anchored in a period and place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Around 150 pieces of art (mostly paintings and graphic works) take us through different themes, each reflecting aspects of reality: the spectrum of human existence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From the trauma of war&#8217;s consequences to wild entertainments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From social outcasts to sexual liberation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From poverty to technological progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And all ending in the abrupt nightmare of National Socialism.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"331\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/newobjectivity2.jpg\" alt=\"Three portraits of women\" class=\"wp-image-72176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/newobjectivity2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/newobjectivity2-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(View of the exhibition \u00a9 Leopold Museum, Vienna, Photo: Lisa Rastl)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The range is large.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So you have K\u00e4the Kollwitz&#8217;s 1923 <em>The Survivors<\/em> (pictured further up this article) or the depictions by Otto Dix of those left by the wayside. But also portraits of women with a new self-confidence, such as Willy Jaeckel&#8217;s 1930 <em>Portrait of a Woman<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And yet even the lighter, more hopeful themes often still seem to have a darker undercurrent or an uncertainty to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perhaps the irritation of a patriarchy at female emancipation. Hints of the instability that would nurture the Nazis. A retreat into the idyllic indicating a background of psychological anguish. Isolation or loss of cohesion appearing in something as innocuous as a still life of a dressing table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An intriguing time, art movement, and exhibition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"tickets\">Dates, tickets &amp; tips<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Journey through German art of the 20s and 30s from May 24th to September 29th, 2024. An entrance ticket for or from the Leopold Museum includes the special exhibition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more from the New Objectivity movement:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Leopold Museum follows <em>Splendor and Misery<\/em> with a Rudolf Wacker retrospective (October 30th, 2024 to February 16th, 2025). He was a leading representative of New Objectivity in Austria<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Lower Belvedere has an art and biographical exhibition around <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/belvedere-sites\/broncia-koller-pinell\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"67748\">Broncia Koller-Pinell<\/a> (until September 8th, 2024), whose work also emerged into New Objectivity toward the end of her life<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>You have a good chance of spotting examples of New Objectivity in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/albertina-art\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2999\">permanent exhibition<\/a> at the Albertina<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to get there<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow the travel tips in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/leopold-museum\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"4014\">Leopold Museum main article<\/a>. The exhibition is on Floor -1, which means one down from the entrance floor. Once inside the first gallery, progress through the other rooms anti-clockwise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Address: Museumsplatz 1, 1070 Vienna<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1i9IZX6LeUKth_5sm2EOO-SqQl8s\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Leopold Museum presents the intriguing New Objectivity art movement in1920s and 1930s Germany<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":72173,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-72178","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-museums","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72178"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75992,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72178\/revisions\/75992"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}