3 February 2008 – 25 May 2008

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and the art of Cameroon

The small cabinet exhibition shows the influence of traditional art of the Cameroon grassland regions on the work of Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880–1938). Inspired by visits to the ethnographic museums in Berlin and Dresden, the members of the expressionist artists’ group “Brücke” turned to African and Oceanic art forms. Besides finding a new formal language, Kirchner also sought to integrate the so-called “Wild Ones” into his every day life, as vitally linked with nature and as a unique formulation of the original.
The loans – drawings, sculptures and graphic arts by Kirchner as well as sculptures from Cameroon – come predominantly from Swiss museums and private collections as well as from German ethnological museums.

Guest curator: Lucius Grisebach, Director Neues Museum Nürnberg

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Museum Rietberg Zürich
Gablerstrasse 15
8003 Zürich
phone +41 44 206 31 00
http://www.rietberg.ch

Opening Hours

April 1st - September 30th: Tuesday-Sunday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Wednesday - 8 p.m., closed on Monday. October 1st - March 31st: Tuesday-Sunday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., closed on Monday.

Description of the Museum

The Museum Rietberg Zurich is the only art museum for non-European cultures in Switzerland exhibiting an internationally renowned collection of art from Asia, Africa and Ancient America.

The collection is exhibited in the Villa Wesendonck and in the Park-Villa Rieter.

Additional building "Baldachine von Smaragd", opened in 2007; architects Alfred Grazioli and Adolf Krischanitz.

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