{"id":35795,"date":"2023-02-10T11:44:09","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T10:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.camerimage.pl\/?p=35795"},"modified":"2023-02-17T16:04:13","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T15:04:13","slug":"polmetek-wystawy-tumult-w-malarstwie-lat-1979-1985-made-in-cologne-mulheimer-freiheit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.camerimage.pl\/en\/polmetek-wystawy-tumult-w-malarstwie-lat-1979-1985-made-in-cologne-mulheimer-freiheit\/","title":{"rendered":"THE HALFWAY POINT OF PAINTING TUMULT 1979-1988. \/ MADE IN COLOGNE. M\u00dcLHEIMER FREIHEIT EXHIBITION"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u00a0<\/strong>The halfway point of the unique exhibition centred around the works of German neoexpressionist 1980s movement that was part of <\/strong>EnergaCAMERIMAGE<\/span> International Film Festival<\/span><\/strong> is now behind us.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This exhibition is the first of the kind in Poland, presenting works by German artists active in Cologne called the M\u00fclheimer Freiheit<\/strong> group. Distinguished by its amicable attitude to all artistic phenomena, the group played an important role in the movement. They were said to be artists without ideology. Its members were: Hans Peter Adamski, Peter B\u00f6mmels, Walter Dahn, Ji\u0159\u00ed Georg Dokoupil, Gerard Kever, and Gerhard Naschberger<\/strong>. They all worked without any program objectives, without formulating any manifesto, nor did they have any ambition to create their own school or style. They distanced themselves from socially engaged art and politics.<\/p>\n

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The Toru\u0144<\/strong><\/span> exhibition boasts more than 200 large-format M\u00fclheimer Freiheit<\/strong> group\u2019s paintings<\/strong>. The works allude to the aesthetics of art brut, graffiti, bad painting, punk fanzines, and new wave music. The exhibition presents a unique chance to see how the 1980s M\u00fclheimer Freiheit<\/strong> artists used techniques of action painting, collage, and mural painting. These works of art may strike the viewers as violent, aggressive, seemingly carelessly framed. But they perfectly capture the spirit of the times in which they were created, when the flame of euphoria of the youth movement of the late 1960s had already burned out, and the world, after Russia had invaded Afghanistan, was once again plunged into the arms race and rivalry between the two world powers.<\/p>\n

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exhibition \u201ePainting Tumult\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

photo by Pawe\u0142 Skraba<\/em><\/p>\n

The curator of the exhibition, Marek \u017bydowicz<\/strong>, spoke about the idea behind the exhibition:<\/p>\n

Works of the M\u00fclheimer Freiheit artists were a form of their spontaneous reaction to the surrounding world, including minor everyday experiences and only occasionally historically important events. The M\u00fclheimer Freiheit phenomenon did not arise from intentional upholding of any of the expressionist styles. Their creative efforts are unique in their full acceptance of the laws and roles played by various phenomena in the world of art. They simply represent Affirmative Expressionism<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

The main sponsor of the event is the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Region<\/strong>, co-financed by the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage<\/strong>, the City of Toru\u0144<\/strong>, and the Polish Film Institute<\/strong>. The exhibition is co-organised by the Tumult Foundation<\/strong> and the European Film Center Camerimage<\/strong> with the support of the following media patrons: Rzeczpospolita<\/strong>, Wirtualna Polska<\/strong>, Grupa Polska Press<\/strong>, Nowo\u015bci<\/strong>, I.PL<\/strong>, and AMS<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The exhibition in Toru\u0144 CoCA gallery<\/span> will be open till April 16th, 2023.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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