Art | Exhibitions | Klinger and his Contemporaries
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July – 2 October
Print Room 2
Klinger and his Contemporaries
The art of Max Klinger (1857-1920) was one in which reality merged with the often dark and disturbing world of the imagination and the subconscious. Preferring the monochrome media of drawing, etching and sculpture because he thought these could better portray his inner demons than the more colourful and naturalistic art of painting, Klinger’s work was characterised by a sense of eroticism and menace which was to influence artists of his generation and beyond, including the Expressionists and Surrealists. This display, selected from the Barber’s own collection, features works by Klinger himself, his predecessors and contemporaries, including Käthe Kollwitz, Egon Schiele and Max Beckmann, and is intended to complement the more extensive exhibition of Klinger’s work at the Ikon Gallery until 27 September.