Zoom #8 Rudolf Jahns 

Postponed to October 2027

Rudolf Jahns is among the most important representatives of the German avant-garde in the 1920s. A self-taught artist, he dedicates himself during this period to an abstract, constructive visual language. The exhibition at the Wilhelm-Hack-Museum takes the constructive beginnings as its point of departure to offer a comprehensive view of the most significant years of production in the oeuvre of this versatile artist. Alongside paintings, he creates drawings, prints, collages, and reliefs that revolve around the themes of the human figure, landscape, still life, and music. For Jahns, nature and construction are not mutually exclusive. Time and again, he incorporates representational elements into his works while simultaneously continuing to work in a consistently geometric-abstract manner. This negotiation gives rise to works full of tension, connecting abstraction and construction with his experience of nature.