Taking a Stand: Käthe Kollwitz
Taking a Stand: Käthe Kollwitz Examines the art and passion of Kthe Kollwitz, who used art to bring a voice to political issues.Raw, unprettified, and decried in conservative circles as "gutter art,"…
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Taking a Stand: Käthe Kollwitz
Examines the art and passion of Kthe Kollwitz, who used art to bring a voice to political issues.Raw, unprettified, and decried in conservative circles as "gutter art," Kthe Kollwitz employed her art uncompromisingly as a political voice for the social and human misery of her time. Taking a Stand provides wide-ranging insight into the commitment and creative work of the artist, whose achievements are more topical than ever. Her focus always lay on the dignity of humankind.
The political dimension of Kollwitz's art becomes tangible in a particularly impressive manner through her posters. It covers the entire spectrum of Kollwitz's creative work, including the world-famous cycles of the graphic works A Weavers' Revolt and Peasants' War, rare proofs, moving drawings, and sculptures, each of which showcases all facets of her masterful skills. The unbroken validity