Lucas Art Talks

1. Alexej Jawlensky, Jünglingskopf (Portrait of a Young Man), 1911, Oil on cardboard, 53,5 x 49,5 cm, Kunstmuseum Basel, Stiftung Im Obersteg, Deposit Kunstmuseum Basel, 2004. Photo: Kunstmuseum Basel, Martin P. Bühler A lexej von Jawlensky: the landscape of the face        In the town of Humlebæk (Denmark), the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art presents an exploration of Alexej von Jawlensky's late artistic journey. This exhibition offers an insight into the Russian German painter's evolution, showcasing his transition from expressive landscapes to the abstract and spiritual portrayal of the human figure.        The exhibition is structured to reflect the three significant phases of Jawlensky's career: his early years in Munich, his transformative period during World War I in Switzerland, and his mature works characterized by abstract facial representations. This chronological approach allows for a comprehensive understanding of his artistic develo...

1. Exhibition view of the exhibition "In her hands" at the Bucerius Kunst Forum - Photograph of Ulrich Perrey Surrealism in three dimensions        Surrealism is often thought of primarily as a movement of painting and literature. Its imagery is strange, dreamlike, its language poetic and enigmatic. Yet sculpture was part of Surrealism from the very beginning. However, sculptors, especially women sculptors have long been marginalized or overlooked in its histories, scholarship, and exhibitions.        This exhibition at the Bucerius Kunst Forum brings to the forefront three remarkable women sculptors: Isabelle Waldberg, Sonja Ferlov Mancoba, and Maria Martins. Their work is shown together for the first time, and each of them developed a distinctive sculptural language that drew on surrealist ideas but gave them new form.        These sculptures are not mere illustrations of dreams or decorative objects. They are complex works e...