Wir werden bis zur Sonne gehen. Pionierinnen der geometrischen Abstraktion

16/11/2024 - 27/04/2025

In winter 2024, the Wilhelm-Hack-Museum is focusing on the significance of female artists in the development of geometric abstraction in the 20th century with Wir werden bis zur Sonne gehen. Pionierinnen der geometrischen Abstraktion. Even today, names such as Wassily Kandinsky, Kazimir Malevich, or Piet Mondrian are predominantly associated with non-representational painting after World War I. Correcting this one-sided narrative is a key approach of the exhibition project. In reality, artists like Lyubov Popova, Sophie Taeuber-Arp, or Sonia Delaunay were pioneers in the development of a geometric-abstract visual language. From the 1940s onwards, artists such as Verena Loewensberg, Aurélie Nemours, or Vera Molnár decisively contributed to the advancement of non-representational art. Similar developments can be observed beyond the cultural centers of the Western world, in Central and Latin America or the Middle East. Here, among others, artists like Lygia Clark in Brazil, Lydi Prati in Argentina, or Saloua Raouda Choucair in Lebanon developed a unique constructive-abstract visual language

Mit Werken u.a. von Anni Albers (DE/US), Gertrud Arndt (DE), Margarita Azurdia (GT), Marianne Brandt (DE), Marcelle Cahn (FR), Saloua Raouda Choucair (LB), Lygia Clark (BR), Franciska Clausen (DK), Sonia Delaunay (UA/FR), Marthe Donas (BE), Alexandra Exter (RU), María Freire (UY), Gego (Gertrud Goldschmidt) (DE/VE), Florence Henri (US/FR), Barbara Hepworth (GB), Carmen Herrera (CU/US), Katarzyna Kobro (PL), Benita Koch-Otte (DE), Judith Lauand (BR), Verena Loewensberg (CH), Mary Martin (GB), Vera Molnár (HU/FR), Marlow Moss (GB), Aurélie Nemours (FR), Louise Nevelson (US), Maria Nicz-Borowiak (PL), Lygia Pape (BR), Matilde Pérez (CL), Charlotte Perriand (FR), Ljubow Popowa (RU), Lidy Prati (AR), Carla Prina (IT), Margaretha Reichardt (DE), Bridget Riley (GB), Olga Rosanowa (RU), Ana Sacerdote (IT/AR), Aen Sauerborn (DE), Alma Siedhoff-Buscher (DE), Loló Soldevilla (CU), Warwara Stepanowa (RU), Gunta Stölzl (DE/CH), Sophie Taeuber-Arp (CH), Mary Vieira (BR), Charmion von Wiegand (US), Shizuko Yoshikawa (JP/CH), Teresa Żarnowerówna (PL)