Annual Report 2010 - Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden

Page 32: “in the Prism of Vermeer”, experimental
set-up based on Vermeer’s “Girl reading a Letter”,
a joint project conducted by the Hochschule
für Bildende Künste and the Volkshochschule
Dresden
Yanomani Girl, photo from the exhibition
“amazonia – indians of the rain Forest and
savannahs”, Museum für Völkerkunde Dresden
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• Amazonien – Indianer der Regenwälder
und Savannen (Amazonia – Indians of the
Rainforests and Savannahs)
Exhibition by the Museum für
Völkerkunde Dresden, Staatliche
Ethnographische Sammlungen Sachsen
Japanisches Palais, Palaisplatz 11
29th April, 2009 – 31st December, 2011
This exhibition presents magnificent
headdresses, impressive masks, highly
developed ceramics and long weapons of
extreme dimensions, as well as giving an
overview of the various cultural landscapes
of Amazonia. It examines the origins and
distinctive features of these cultures and
also considers the current situation of the
indigenous peoples of Amazonia.
The exhibits are all taken from Saxon collections,
the oldest items dating from the
19th century. As well as objects from tribal
cultures which have long been extinct,
there are also exhibits from tribes which
were only contacted for the first time a
few years ago.
• Kasper – eine deutsche Karriere
(Kasper – A German Career)
Exhibition by the Puppentheatersammlung
Museum für Sächsische Volkskunst
View of the exhibition “Crossing the
seas with Fortuna”
Jägerhof, Köpckestraße 1
16th May, 2009 – 31st January, 2010
In puppet theatre, there have always been
heroes and comic figures. For over 200
years this figure has in Germany been
called ‘Kasper’. Over time, he was transformed
from an anarchist, ruffian, coward
and slacker into a useful member of society.
During the Nazi period, he was turned
into a German hero. In the GDR, he did
not fit in. His place on the stage was taken
up by Young Pioneers until Kasper’s plebeian
roots were discovered. In the 1980s, he
was able to reclaim his political dimension
in puppet plays for adults.
• Von Mali bis Borneo. Neuerwerbungen
der Jahre 2006 bis 2008 (From Mali to
Borneo. New Acquisitions 2006 – 2008)
Cabinet exhibition by the Museum für
Völkerkunde Dresden, Staatliche
Ethnographische Sammlungen Sachsen
Japanisches Palais, Palaisplatz 11
11th July – 31st December, 2009
In the years 2006 to 2008, the Dresden
Völkerkundemuseum was able to purchase
a total of 507 objects. The annual budget
for acquisitions is not sufficient to fill
existing gaps in the collection through
purchases of high­quality objects.
Donations and gifts from the friends and
sponsors of the museum are therefore
very gladly received.
He influenced saxon-Danish
relations: “Elector august of saxony”,
Lucas Cranach the Younger
Punch, c. 1946/49 (costume
replaced), Museum für
sächsische Volkskunst
• »Mit Fortuna übers Meer«. Sachsen und
Dänemark – Ehen und Allianzen im Spiegel
der Kunst (1548 – 1709) (Crossing the Seas
with Fortuna. Saxony and Denmark –
Marriages and Alliances Mirrored in Art
[1548 – 1709])
Exhibition by the Grünes Gewölbe
Residenzschloss, 2nd floor
24th August, 2009 – 4th January, 2010
For two centuries the Electorate of Saxony
cultivated very close relations with the
mighty kingdom of Denmark. Through the
marriage of Duke August, the later Elector
of Saxony, to the Danish Princess Anna in
1548, a strong political alliance was formed
between Dresden and Copenhagen. A
further three lavishly celebrated weddings
took place during the course of the 17th
century. The final climax in this alliance
policy was the four­week state visit by the
Danish King Frederik IV to the court of
August the Strong in 1709. Three hundred
years after the impressive celebrations
that took place during the meeting of
these two rulers, the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen
Dresden and the Royal Collections
of Rosenborg Castle in Copenhagen
held a large­scale joint exhibition
in which the role of the fine arts for
high­level politics was vividly illustrated.
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