iLenbachhausMaxvorstadt / Kunstareal
Maria Jarema: Revolutionary Commissar of Abstraction
A monographic show on Polish artist Maria Jarema (1908-1958), co-founder of the Krakow Group, spanning her sculpture, painting and experimental theatre work.
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Maria Jarema was a sculptor and painter who also designed costumes and stage sets for dance and theatre, acted, and wrote manifestos against the class society. The most collective action you've managed lately is a note about the Altglas in the Hausflur. This is the first presentation of her work in Germany: paintings, monotypes, costumes, stage designs and writings.
You walk in and the first picture is Rhythm, white and golden-yellow shapes on black paper that, in BR24's words, dance, quarrel and embrace. Three series on paper carry the argument: Rhythm, Penetration and Filter. The museum says they show methods she applied across disciplines, moving speech, rhythm, movement and bodily expression between sculpture and painting.
BR24 called her "a wonderful discovery". Tickets are €10 (€6 reduced, free under 18) with the audioguide included, and Thursdays run to 8pm. Public tours run in English on 14 November at 1:15pm and in Polish on 13 December at 2:15pm.
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A monographic show on Maria Jarema (1908-1958), co-founder of the Krakow Group, covering her sculpture, her painting and her work for experimental theatre.
Look for
The Rhythm series
Look for abstract white and golden-yellow forms scattered across black paper like scraps, which BR24's critic saw dancing, quarrelling and embracing, with figures surfacing between them.
The Cricot 2 costumes
Costumes for The Cuttlefish and Circus, made from layers of fabric with holes cut into them, shown with her sketches and photos of the productions; she played Matron II herself.
The Penetrations monotypes
Overlapping, colliding shapes printed from wet paint scratched into a glass plate, which the room text reads as touching on the political and the erotic.
The occupation-era interiors
Vividly patterned tempera interiors painted at home during the war, where the room text admits you can't always tell a living doll from a man at rest.
Good for
- Evening Visits
- Nerding Out
- Out-Of-Town Guests
With kids
Under-18s get in free, and the audioguide is included with the ticket.
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Image credits
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- Maria Jarema: Revolutionary Commissar of Abstraction© Estate of the artist
- Collecting with Style: Caroline Murat, Ludwig I and AntiquityCourtesy of State Collections of Antiquities
- LenbachhausBurkhard Mücke / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- GlyptothekDaderot, Public domain
- State Collections of AntiquitiesDiego Delso, delso.photo, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Munich Documentation Centre for the History of National SocialismRaimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0
- State Museum of Egyptian ArtFred Romero / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0