2009 - Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden

Wieland Förster,
”Geschlagener”
(Beaten Man), 1989,
Skulpturensammlung
On display in the Fürstengalerie: Louis de
Silvestre, Portrait of Queen Maria Josepha,
1737, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister
22 stowed to the Staatliche Kunstsammlun-
gen Dresden. During his youth, Förster was
strongly influenced by his traumatic experience
of the destruction of Dresden and
his imprisonment in Bautzen. Much of
his work reflects these painful ordeals,
with ominous symbolic figures featuring
frequently. As a counterbalance to these
works, he has also produced energetic
female nudes expressing a love of life and
self-assertion.
• Die Fürstengalerie im Dresdner Residenzschloss
(The Princes’ Gallery in the
Residenzschloss)
Permanent exhibition as of 24th August
2009
Residenzschloss, 1st floor
This elegant gallery presents the Saxon
electors and kings who formerly resided
in the Palace. The rulers on display extend
from Elector Moritz (1521 – 1553), who was
granted the electoral privilege by Emperor
Charles V in 1547, to King Friedrich August
III (1865 – 1932), who abdicated in 1918. The
electors, and sometimes also electresses,
are depicted in painted portraits, whereas
the Saxon kings are portrayed in the form
of busts. The works are from the holdings
of the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister,
Rüstkammer and Skulpturensammlung.
Theodor Schulze, “The Godeffroy
Barque Helene”, 1870, GRASSI
Museum für Völkerkunde zu Leipzig
Cooperative Partners Staatliche
Ethnographische Sammlungen Sachsen
• Begegnungen (Encounters)
A joint project by the Gemäldegalerie
Alte Meister of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen
Dresden and the Staatliche
Ethnographische Sammlungen Sachsen
11th July – 11th October 2009
Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Semperbau
am Zwinger
GRASSI Museum für Völkerkunde zu Leipzig
• FaltenReich – Vom Älterwerden in der Welt
(FaltenReich – Ageing around the World)
This exhibition was under the patronage
of Ursula von der Leyen, Federal Minister
for Families, Senior Citizens, Women and
Youth.
19th March – 4th October 2009
This exhibition explored the cultural aspects
of ageing in Germany and elsewhere. What
is considered ‘old age’ in China or India?
What status do older people have in different
cultures? This exhibition took an unusual
look at ageing and contributed to discussion
about new images of old age.
Contemporary and historical objects from
everyday life, as well as medicine, ritual
practices and technology from different
parts of the world were on display.
View of the exhibition “FaltenReich –
Ageing around the World”
• Auf der Suche nach Vielfalt – Ethnographie
und Geographie in Leipzig (In Search of
Diversity – Ethnography and Geography in
Leipzig)
4th December 2009 – February 2010
GRASSI Museum für Völkerkunde zu Leipzig
To mark the 600th anniversary of Leipzig
University, this exhibition examined the
history of ethnography and geography in
Leipzig. Since their beginnings in the 19th
century, both disciplines have been closely
associated with research and teaching at
the University but have also been based
to a large extent on the involvement and
support of Leipzig citizens. This changeful
history was brought alive through the examples
of such researchers and collectors
as Hans Meyer (1858 – 1929), Karl Weule
(1864 – 1926) and Alfons Stübel (1858 –
1904), the founder of what is now the
Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography.
Museum für Völkerkunde Dresden
• Amazonien – Indianer der Regenwälder
und Savannen (Amazonia – Indians of the
Rainforests and Savannas)
29th April 2009 – 31st December 2010
Museum für Völkerkunde Dresden,
Japanisches Palais
This exhibition presented magnificent
headdresses, impressive masks, skilfully
crafted ceramics and weapons of extreme
dimensions, as well as giving an overview
of the cultural landscapes of Amazonia.