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PATRICIA PICCININI, 'The Couple', 2018, Silicone, fiberglass, hair, cotton, 42 x 168 x 65 cm (Sculpture)
Why Käthe Kollwitz Is Still Controversial on Her 150th Anniversary | artnet News
Why Käthe Kollwitz Is Still Controversial on Her 150th Anniversary | artnet News The best thing to do is to visit the nearest museum with works by Kollwitz to see for yourself. For the present to take a bold new look at Kollwitz’s oeuvre, it must first lose its old fear of Betroffenheitskitsch, the German word often used to dismiss her work, meaning empathetic kitsch. There is good, hard art to be discovered.
How Käthe Kollwitz Invented a New Art of Protest
Käthe Kollwitz, Woman with Dead Child, 1903, etching on paper.
Kathe Kollwitz’s ‘Grieving Parents’ at Vladslo: ‘Seed Corn Must Not Be Ground’