»Group Dynamics − Modernist Collectives« shows artist collectives from all over the world

The term »Der Blaue Reiter« (The Blue Rider) with its prominent representatives Franz Marc and Wassily Kandinsky is usually mentioned first when referring to artist collectives, although it was not a collective in the actual sense, such as the »Brücke« was. The Lenbachhaus has already been hosting a two-year exhibition since March 2021 until around March 2023, in which more space will be given to the members of the group who have been less in the spotlight so far, such as Elisabeth Epstein and Maria Franck-Marc. A core idea of the »Blaue Reiter«, that art knows no borders or peoples, inspired this parallel exhibition, »Modernist Collectives«.

This show at the Lenbachhaus now features artworks from all over the world that were intended to broaden the view of art from around 1910 to the 1980s in a lasting way. Artists from China, Argentina, Morocco, Japan, Pakistan and Brazil, to mention just a few countries, dealt with the new developments and in turn influenced them.

Originally, a symposium was to be held in April 2020 to present current research on artist collectives in preparation for the exhibition. Instead, the lectures were recorded individually and made available online by the Lenbachhaus.