The exhibition in Olomouc maps one hundred years of anthroposophical art
Olomouc - Global
The first attempt to summarize a hundred-year history of anthroposophical art and its integration into the history of visual culture is the exhibition AENIGMA - One Hundred Years of Anthroposophical Art, which will be opened this evening at the Museum of Modern Art in Olomouc. The exhibition includes painting, sculpture, graphics, architecture, design, furniture, jewelry, as well as books and toys. More than a hundred creators are united by anthroposophy, which is the spiritual teaching of Austrian philosopher Rudolf Steiner.
According to David Voda, co-author of the exhibition's concept, the exhibition traces the development of anthroposophical art from its Swiss beginnings to the present day. "A large portion of the exhibits will be showcased for the very first time. They are mainly items loaned by the prominent German collector Reinhold Fäth," Voda told journalists today.
The exhibition has an international dimension, as institutions and collectors from several countries contribute with loans. "The exhibits will arrive from public and private collections from Dornach, Berlin, Stockholm, Warsaw, Prague, Budapest, but also from Lviv in Ukraine. This transport was very challenging given the situation in Ukraine, but in the end, everything turned out well," noted the production manager of the exhibition, Štěpánka Bieleszová.
Among the more than a hundred exhibiting authors is the star of prestigious exhibition halls, the Swedish theosophist and anthroposophist Hilma af Klint (1862 to 1944). The director of the Olomouc museum, Michal Soukup, considers the loan from the Moritzburg Art Museum in Halle to be crucial for understanding the contemporary context. "Our colleagues will lend us a work by Alexei von Jawlensky, a pioneer of world abstraction," Soukup stated, who is already in discussions with the museum in Halle about the timing of the Aenigma exhibition reprise.
According to Voda, special attention should also be given to the demanding installation in the Nave Hall, which has no precedent in the museum's history. "Anthroposophical art tends towards Gesamtkunstwerk, that is, the unity of multiple art forms. We want visitors to experience this artistic synthesis firsthand. Therefore, we have directly installed a trio of living 'rooms' in the exhibition, namely the Children's Room, Living Room, and Meditation Room," Voda said.
As part of the Aenigma project, there will also be a publication of the same name, which will be published in the spring by Arbor Vitae Publishing in Czech, German, and English versions. The book will summarize the results of years of research and, according to Voda, aims to be a fundamental methodological work in the field of anthroposophical art.
The work of philosopher, natural scientist, educator, architect, and playwright Rudolf Steiner (1861 to 1925) has, according to Voda, become a source of inspiration for a wide array of artists and artistic fields. "Anthroposophy, which Steiner himself characterized as a path of knowledge that leads the spirit in man to the spirit in the cosmos, offers a wealth of spiritual impulses for artistic perception and artistic creation," Voda said. The beginnings of anthroposophical art are associated with the year 1913, when an artistic and reform colony was established in Dornach, Switzerland, near the growing seat of the Anthroposophical Society called the Goetheanum.
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According to David Voda, co-author of the exhibition's concept, the exhibition traces the development of anthroposophical art from its Swiss beginnings to the present day. "A large portion of the exhibits will be showcased for the very first time. They are mainly items loaned by the prominent German collector Reinhold Fäth," Voda told journalists today.
The exhibition has an international dimension, as institutions and collectors from several countries contribute with loans. "The exhibits will arrive from public and private collections from Dornach, Berlin, Stockholm, Warsaw, Prague, Budapest, but also from Lviv in Ukraine. This transport was very challenging given the situation in Ukraine, but in the end, everything turned out well," noted the production manager of the exhibition, Štěpánka Bieleszová.
Among the more than a hundred exhibiting authors is the star of prestigious exhibition halls, the Swedish theosophist and anthroposophist Hilma af Klint (1862 to 1944). The director of the Olomouc museum, Michal Soukup, considers the loan from the Moritzburg Art Museum in Halle to be crucial for understanding the contemporary context. "Our colleagues will lend us a work by Alexei von Jawlensky, a pioneer of world abstraction," Soukup stated, who is already in discussions with the museum in Halle about the timing of the Aenigma exhibition reprise.
According to Voda, special attention should also be given to the demanding installation in the Nave Hall, which has no precedent in the museum's history. "Anthroposophical art tends towards Gesamtkunstwerk, that is, the unity of multiple art forms. We want visitors to experience this artistic synthesis firsthand. Therefore, we have directly installed a trio of living 'rooms' in the exhibition, namely the Children's Room, Living Room, and Meditation Room," Voda said.
As part of the Aenigma project, there will also be a publication of the same name, which will be published in the spring by Arbor Vitae Publishing in Czech, German, and English versions. The book will summarize the results of years of research and, according to Voda, aims to be a fundamental methodological work in the field of anthroposophical art.
The work of philosopher, natural scientist, educator, architect, and playwright Rudolf Steiner (1861 to 1925) has, according to Voda, become a source of inspiration for a wide array of artists and artistic fields. "Anthroposophy, which Steiner himself characterized as a path of knowledge that leads the spirit in man to the spirit in the cosmos, offers a wealth of spiritual impulses for artistic perception and artistic creation," Voda said. The beginnings of anthroposophical art are associated with the year 1913, when an artistic and reform colony was established in Dornach, Switzerland, near the growing seat of the Anthroposophical Society called the Goetheanum.
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