Sunsets - The Sinking Sun

We've had snow most of the week, but lots of sun when it wasn't snowing! We like indoor things when the weather is not so nice, so the visit that Werner's art group had planned for Saturday was good timing - PLUS we could tie in a little shopping trip to get ready for Amsterdam next Wednesday.

SUNSETS is the name of the current exhibit at the museum. Many of the works are from the Kunsthalle's own collection but they borrowed some interesting works, too. There were paintings and films and prints and lithographs and a new app to download that gave more info about some of the works. That would have been great if I had selected German instead of English since the English part didn't seem to have been uploaded! Oh well, there was plenty to see and read.

This little piece by Caspar David Friedrich - only about 8" x 11" -  was used for a lot of the promotion. It has two titles:  Sunset with Woman or Sunrise with Woman. So, which is it?  

This Monet is in the permanent collection, so we've seen it a number of times, but nice to see it with "relatives."

Andy Warhol is easy to recognize.

When I saw this, I assumed an Asian artist, but no, it's our very own Norbert Schwontkowski.

There was a film of a sunset, location not revealed, to illustrate the elusive "green spark" that is so rarely seen. I was lucky just once, while going over the bridge to St. George (not driving) and could just watch the last bit of sun fall into the bay. Then the flash! What a special instant that was!!

Here's the link if you'd like to watch....A perfect Green Flash Sunset - Bing video   

I saw this and immediately thought of Banksy and his famous drawing that was shredded when it was sold. So, clever, a slight variation on the theme, but a bit derivative for the exhibition, IMHO. (Yes, practically ALL art is derivative in some way, but this one was so obvious.)

And something clever I thought - so many paint chips from a DYI place, arranged to be a sorta sunset. The Kunsthalle had taken inspiration from this collage and used some of the colors for the exhibition rooms. 

The Kunsthalle has an extensive library and collection of engravings, prints and lithographs. They found a number of those from their collection to display in the Kupferkabinett (The Print Collection), pieces hundreds of years old to very modern ones. These are photos of suns at various stages of setting.

The woodwork in the library is wonderful, too. This is just above the glass cases and under the gallery that houses the library.

We were at the end of Sunsets, but there was a smaller exhibit from a local industrialist collector so we took a peek. As so often with modern collections, the point is sometimes lost on me. Forgive the pun.

There was time for coffee with the other members of the group and then off to shopping. First a Brat. That seems to be an unwritten law when going into town!

We found a great, nicely-sized "town" back-pack for our trip next week (and for lots more in the future), a pair of well-padded walking-around shoes for me and a warm topper for Werner's un-haired head that gets so cold under the biking helmet. We're not very hard to please.