
Munch's Influences on Contemporary Art in the ALBERTINA
The Norwegian Edvard Munch was not only for contemporaries, but is also now almost 80 years after his death inspiration for many artists. The ALBERTINA in Vienna is showing in Edvard Munch. In Dialogue, starting on February 18, an impressive compilation of world-famous artists in relation to Munch's work.

The artists selected their own works for the exhibition: Big names in contemporary art show in Edvard Munch. In Dialogue how Munch's works have influenced them. From February 18 to June 19, 2022, the result of the selection can be seen at the ALBERTINA in Vienna. In addition to some 60 works by Munch, the exhibits include works by Georg Baselitz, Miriam Cahn, Peter Doig, Marlene Dumas, Tracy Emin and Jasper Johns. Complementary works by the already deceased Andy Warhol can also be found in the exhibition rooms.
Edvard Munch (1863-1944), in addition to his melancholic view of the world, is particularly known for his experiments in painting and printing. As extensive as his body of work was, as different are the approaches to him taken by the artists exhibited here. Baselitz, for example, cites Munch's forest landscapes, Dumas continues his investigation of hushed-up themes such as death and mourning, and Emin processes traumatic life experiences in multimedia artworks, as Munch did in his paintings. The unique exhibition in Vienna clearly shows how deeply Munch's work is rooted in art. The appreciation of the Norwegian painter will not diminish in the future, as evidenced by the grand reopening of the Munch Museet in Oslo last year.


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