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At the end of 2023, the “Kunstkammer Gegenwart” gave an insight into the contemporary art holdings of the Hoffmann Collection Donation (SHO) and other collections at the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden for the first time. With the second “Kunstkammer Gegenwart”, the format continues to establish itself with the first complete exchange of all works. Every fall, it is set up from scratch. In each case, a leitmotif serves as a common thread for the selection of works from the SHO’s collection. For the second “Kunstkammer Gegenwart”, which will be on display from November 30, 2024 (Opening 29 November), the theme is “human”. In the sculptures, paintings, graphics and video works, the show takes a human approach.
This can initially be quite concrete: The nude, a classic of art, is shown in numerous variations: as a collection of prints, as a large-format nude photograph by Craigie Horsfield, as a photographic portfolio by Gundula Schulze-Eldowy or in a disturbing drawing by Cloe Piene. Tracey Emin, on the other hand, had herself locked in a gallery space and photographed naked while painting. In doing so, she simultaneously reflected on her role as an …
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Image above: Rebecca Horn, Silver Crane, 1984, Schenkung Sammlung Hoffmann, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Foto: Herbert Boswank © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn.
