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DIE KUNST
DER GROSSEN
GEFÜHLE
LEIDEN
PASSION
SCHAFT
09–10–20 ———— 14–02–21
LWL-MUSEUM FUR KUNST
UND KULTUR MÜNSTER
LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur
Westfälisches Landesmuseum
Passion and Fervour. The art of powerful emotions (9 Ocotber 2020 – 14 February 2021)
Digital press kit – contents
press release
exhibition information
press photos
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LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur
Westfälisches Landesmuseum
Love, pain and ecstasy
The exhibition Passion and Fervour at the LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur presents
works dedicated to powerful emotions
Münster (lwl). Envy and rage, love and hate, desire and jealousy: all these powerful emotions
are as old as humankind itself. In Western culture, the depiction of human emotions and pas-
sions can be traced back to Ancient times. The exhibition Passion and Fervour. The art of pow-
erful emotions, held at the LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur from 9 October 2020 to 14
February 2021, presents for the first time some two hundred works from past centuries and
our day, including representations of the Massacre of the Innocents in Bethlehem as well as
aggressive propaganda pictures for Donald Trump.
Matthias Löb, director of the Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe (LWL), stated: “Emotions
play a crucial role in the way people get along together in our society. In periods of crisis
such as the current Covid-19 pandemic, everyone feels pain and fear, fury and hope. The ex-
hibition intends to touch visitors emotionally and to make them aware that powerful emoti-
ons are timeless.” The common thread running through the exhibition is the representation
of heartbreaking, gladdening and deeply moving figures and situations in paintings, sculp-
tures, photographs and video installations by artists such as Peter Paul Rubens, Anthony van
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Dyck, Camille Claudel, Auguste Rodin, Egon Schiele, Edvard Munch, Käthe Kollwitz and Bill Vi-
ola. Over the past centuries, talented artists endeavoured to represent the pain of Laocoön,
the drunken oncupiscence of Bacchus, the Passion of Jesus Christ, and the giddy ecstasy or
suffering of lovers.
Dr. Hermann Arnhold, director of the LWL Museum, declared: “Despite – or perhaps be-
cause of – the flood of pictures in social media, people today are looking for powerful emo-
tions. The fine arts perfectly meet this desire for images that depict passions. The exhibition
invites visitors to sympathize with what they see – all in non-digital pictures.”
In 2013, Dr. Petra Marx, curator of the exhibition, had the idea to put together a show that
would present the way artists have rendered powerful emotions in the last two thousand
years. An expert on art of the Middle Ages, she recently experienced such emotions herself
and stated: “I am very happy that we could put on the exhibition despite the pandemic. We
were quite worried that the project might fail, but in the end we received all the loans we had
requested, even those from France, Italy and Great Britain.”
Six chapters
The six chapters of the exhibition are dedicated to the manner human faces and gestures ex-
press such emotions as happiness and sorrow, devotion and fear, love and hate. Particularly
moving are the Pietà depicting the Virgin Mary mourning her dead Son (Anthony van Dyck,
about 1618/20) and the picture of a battered woman (Nan Goldin, 1984).
The first room is concentrates on body language. The second takes an in-depth approach to
the topic using artworks and original texts from the period between Ancient times and today.
The third room addresses the central point in the exhibition: love as a source of happiness
and pain. In the fourth room, visitors discover a wealth of paintings, sculptures and videos
dedicated to the Passion of Jesus Christ. Room 5 underscores the importance of emotions in
politics.
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The self-portraits gathered in the sixth room not only give insights on the artists depicted,
but also hold up a mirror to the viewer’s own soul as well: visitors are invited to rate their cur-
rent levels of love or hate, fury or serenity on a “passion scale” as face recognition software
analyses their facial expressions for the corresponding emotions.
Accompanying events
Events dedicated to topics such as “Dance as an expression of feelings” or the novel “Scienti-
fic research on emotions” complement the exhibition. Moreover, guided tours, bookable on-
line, are given every day and a virtual tour of the exhibition is available on the museum’s
website. Please visit lwl-museum-kunst-kultur.de for more detailed information.
Sponsors of the exhibition:
Ministerium für Kultur und Wissenschaft des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, LWL-Kulturstif-
tung, Ernst von Siemens Kunststiftung, Rudolf-August Oetker-Stiftung, the Brillux company.
Press contacts
Frank Tafertshofer, LWL-Pressestelle, +49 25 15 91 235, presse@lwl.org
Claudia Miklis, LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur, +49 25 15 90 71 68, clau-
dia.miklis@lwl.org
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LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur
Westfälisches Landesmuseum
Passion and Fervour. The art of powerful emotions
(9 October 2020 – 14 February 2021)
Dates and general information
Opening
Friday, 9 October, 10:00 am to midnight, admission free
Hours
Tuesdays to Sundays: 10:00 am to 6:00 pm.
Every second Friday of the month: 10:00 am to midnight
Entrance fee (exhibition and collection)
€13 (standard) / €6.50 (reduced)
Admission free from 6:00 pm onwards every second Friday of the month
Digitorial®: digital guided tour
The LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur has developed a Digitorial® for the exhibition. This
digital guided tour enables visitors to preview and review the show and to experience power-
ful emotions using multimedia technology. The Digitorial® was developed by the museum’s
Educational Department based on software by Maze Pictures and in cooperation with the
following institutions: Städel Museum, Liebieghaus Skulptursammlung and Schirn Kunsthalle
Frankfurt. To access the Digitorial®, please go to passion-leidenschaft.lwl.org (or digitorial-
passion-staging.netlify.app/ prior to the exhibition opening).
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Guided tours
Tuesdays to Fridays at 4:30 pm
Saturdays and Sundays at 11:00 am, 2:00 pm and 4:00 pm
Tickets cost €2 and can be booked online at https://bit.ly/LWLMKK-Online-Tickets
Book presentation
Monday 26 October at 7:00 pm
Mächtige Gefühle, by Prof. Ute Frevert (Berlin)
Tickets (€5) can be booked online at https://bit.ly/LWLMKK-Online-Tickets
TanzTheater Münster
Monday 9/23/30 November at 7:00 pm
Sensus Corporis: Tänzerische Auseinandersetzung des TanzTheaters Münster mit dem Auf
und Ab der menschlichen Gefühlswelten
Tickets (€15) can be booked online at https://bit.ly/LWLMKK-Online-Tickets
Lecture
Tuesday 24 November at 7:00 pm
Die Rückkehr der Zorn-Politik, by Prof. Uffa Jensen (Berlin)
Tickets (€2) can be booked online at https://bit.ly/LWLMKK-Online-Tickets
Publications
Exhibition catalogue (€29)
Audio guide (€2)
Activity booklet for children (free, available as of mid-October)
Visitors’ information
+49 25 15 90 72 01
besucherbuero@lwl.org
lwl-museum-kunst-kultur.de
passion-leidenschaft.lwl.org
#lwlmkk #passionleidenschaft
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LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur Domplatz 10, 48143 Münster www.lwl-museum-kunst-kultur.de Passion Leidenschaft. Die Kunst der großen Gefühle 9. Oktober 2020 – 14. Februar 2021 Pressefotos Kontakt Claudia Miklis Pressesprecherin T +49 (0) 251 5907 168 E claudia.miklis@lwl.org Die Pressebilder dürfen nur für die Berichterstattung zur Ausstellung „Passion Leidenschaft. Die Kunst der großen Gefühle “ im LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur und nur unter der vollständigen Angabe des Bildnachweises verwendet werden. Abbildungen, die von der VG Bild-Kunst Bonn verwaltet werden, dürfen nur unter folgenden Konditionen verwendet werden: die kostenfreie Veröffentlichung ist nur als vollständige und unveränderte Werkabbildung im Rahmen der aktuellen Berichterstattung erlaubt (ab 3 Monate vor Ausstellungsbeginn bis 6 Wochen nach Ende der Ausstellung). Die Nutzung in Social Media ist ohne Genehmigung durch die VG Bild-Kunst Bonn nicht zulässig und zudem grundsätzlich kostenpflichtig.
1_ Pauwels Franck, gen. Paolo Fiammingo, aus
der Serie »Amori«: »Il frutto dell’amore«,
1585/89. Foto © KHM-Museumsverband 2_ Ana Mendieta, Untitled (Self-Portrait with
Blood), 1973, Tate, © The Estate of Ana
Mendieta Collection, LLC, Courtesy Galerie
Lelong & Co., VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2020,
Foto © Tate
3_ Martha Rosler, POINT & SHOOT, a mourning
thought (though I am more enraged than in
4_Edvard Munch, Das weinende
mourning), 2016, Digital Print on vinyl, © Martha
Mädchen, 1909, LWL-Museum für
Rosler und Galerie Nagel Draxler
Kunst und Kultur, © LWL/Neander.
Berlin/Köln/München
5_ Rembrandt van Rijn, Selbstbildnis mit 6_Berlinde De Bruyckere, Pietà, 2007–2008, ISelf
aufgerissenen Augen, 1630. Foto: © Collection. © Berlinde De Bruyckere. Courtesy the
Städel Museum - U. Edelmann - artist and Hauser & Wirth. Foto: Mirjam
ARTOTHEK Devriendt
7_Arnt van Tricht, Handtuchhalter mit Liebespaar, 8_Camille Claudel, La Valse, 1891/1905,
um 1535/40. © Museum Kurhaus Kleve Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen,
München. © ARTOTHEK, Foto: Blauel Gnamm9_Massimiliano Soldani-Benzi, nach Gian Lorenzo 10_Ronald Brooks Kitaj, Warburg als Mänade, Bernini, Büste der Anima Dannata, 1705-07. © 1961/62, Stiftung Museum Kunstpalast, LIECHTENSTEIN. The Princely Collections, Vaduz – Düsseldorf. Foto: © Kunstpalast - Ronald B. Vienna. Kitaj – ARTOTHEK – R.B. Kitaj Estate 11_Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Farbentanz I. Entwurf 12_Käthe Kollwitz, Nie wieder Krieg, für den Festsaal im Museum Folkwang, 1932. 1924. © Käthe Kollwitz Museum Köln Foto: © Museum Folkwang Essen – ARTOTHEK
13_Lovis Corinth, Bacchanale, 1896. Foto: © Landesmuseum 14_Anthonis van Dyck, Beweinung Christi,
Hannover – ARTOTHEK um 1618/20, Kunsthistorisches Museum
Gemäldegalerie Wien. © KHM-
Museumsverband
15_Maximilian Klewer, Der Fanatiker (Selbstbildnis), 16_Bill Viola, The Quintet of the Astonished, 2000,
1919/37, Städel Museum Frankfurt am Main, Videoinstallation, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen,
Eigentum des Städelschen Museums-Vereins e.V. Düsseldorf. © Bill Viola Studio. Foto: Kira Perov
Foto: © Städel Museum - Evelyn Lehmann -
ARTOTHEK17_Maria Lassnig, Zwei Arten zu sein 18_Silvano Bertolin, Abguss der
(Doppelselbstporträt), 2000, Maria Lassnig Laokoon-Gruppe, 2006. © Lessing-
Privatstiftung, Wien. © Maria Lassnig Museum Kamenz, Foto: LWL/Hanna
Stiftung / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2020 Neander
19_Arno Rink, Terror II, 1978/79, Museum der 20_Guido Reni, Heilige Margarethe, 1606/07,
Bildenden Künste Leipzig, © VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, Dauerleihgabe der Bundesrepublik
2020 Deutschland. © LWL-Museum für Kunst und
Kultur, Münster. Foto: Hanna Neander21_Otto Dix, Verspottung Christi, 1948, Zeppelin 22_Robert Arnold, The Morphology of Desire, video, Museum Friedrichshafen. © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 1998, 6min. © Robert Arnold & LIMA Amsterdam 2020 23_Ludwig von Hofmann, Ekstase, um 1900, © LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur, Münster. Foto: Hanna Neander
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