2009 - Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden

Jeff Wall, “Morning Cleaning”, 1999,
Mies van der Rohe Foundation, Barcelona, 1999
Albertinum. Kunst von der Romantik bis zur Gegenwart
(Albertinum. Art from the Romantic Period to the
Present Day)
Dresden, Albertinum, Brühlsche Terrasse/Georg-Treu-Platz
Opening in June 2010
As of June 2010, following the restoration and refurbishment
of the building, the new Albertinum will be presenting
art from the Romantic period to the present day. The
new exhibition halls will house the Galerie Neue Meister
and the Skulpturensammlung. The holdings of both museums,
with paintings extending from Caspar David Friedrich
up to Gerhard Richter and sculptures ranging from
Auguste Rodin to the 21st century, enjoy a worldwide
reputation. Huge glass display storerooms will provide
unprecedented insights into the interior workings of the
museum and put objects that have hitherto been hidden
away on permanent view. Within the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen
Dresden the role of the new Albertinum is
to create a bridge between the past and the future. The
new Albertinum is designed to facilitate encounters between
painting and sculpture, between the Romantic and
the modern periods, and between east and west.
Jeff Wall. transit
Dresden, Kunsthalle im Lipsiusbau, Brühlsche Terrasse
20 th June – 10 th October 2010
Parallel to the opening of the Albertinum, the Staatliche
Kunstsammlungen Dresden will be presenting a major
exhibition featuring works by the Canadian artist Jeff Wall
(born in 1946). The pictures assembled under the motto
“Transit“ deal with the theme of transition and change
in the context of historical, sociological and day-to-day
Jan Vermeer van Delft, “Bei der Kupplerin”
(The Procuress), 1656, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister
experiences. Against the background of the social upheavals
and reassessment of values that have taken place over
the past 20 years in the eastern part of Germany, these
images of transitions and changes can well be appreciated
in Dresden. Furthermore, the selection of works on display
will provide an overview of Wall’s artistic oeuvre from the
1980s to the present.
Der frühe Vermeer (the Early Vermeer)
Exhibition by the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister
Semperbau am Zwinger
3 rd September – 28 th November 2010
For the first time since their restoration, the early works of
Johannes Vermeer (1632 – 1675) will be shown together in a
joint exhibition by the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, the
Mauritshuis in The Hague and the National Gallery of
Scotland, Edinburgh. This will be a unique opportunity to
view the hitherto little regarded early works of Vermeer in
a single exhibition. Even in his first paintings, Vermeer immediately
shows himself to be a master of his trade. His
stylistic self-assurance in adapting various influences, such
as those from Italy and from the northern and southern
Netherlands, as well as those of his native city of Delft, are
clearly evident. He used these as the basis for compositions
which developed an independent and unusual effect that
was all their own.
Rarely exhibited works from the holdings of the Gemäldegalerie
Alte Meister and loans from national and international
museums and private collections will enable visitors
to gain a profound insight into the early phase of Vermeer’s
development as an artist.
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