Free First Fridays : Neue Sachlichkeit / New Objectivity

This special exhibition - which offers a complimentary admission for the first Friday afternoon - is regarding The New Objectivity movement.

It is considered one of the most significant artistic developments of the twentieth century. Hartlaub’s presentation showcased a new style of art that had emerged in the aftermath of World War I, characterized by its critical realism, social commentary, and detailed depiction of contemporary life, and marking a significant departure from Expressionism’s emotional intensity.
The Neue Sachlichkeit movement was divided by two philosophies—the unflinching and socially critical Verists, and the Classicists, who focused on harmony and beauty.
The two philosophies were the unflinching and socially critical Verists (represented by Otto Dix, George Grosz, and Georg Scholz, for example), and the Classicists (such as Alexander Kanoldt, Georg Schrimpf, and Christian Schad), who focused on harmony and beauty.
This curation in New York offers a wide-ranging perspective, exploring the tension between the Verists and the Classicists, which illustrates through a multidisciplinary installation, featuring paintings, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, works on paper, and film.
The artists represented include Max Beckmann, Marianne Brandt, Marcel Breuer, Otto Dix, Carl Grossberg, George Grosz, Karl Hubbuch, August Sander, Christian Schad, Oskar Schlemmer, and Georg Scholz, among others.
The presentation interprets these two camps as a coherent chapter in art history, focusing on the ways that the New Objectivity proponents mirrored the Weimar Republic’s cultural, political, and social complexities.

Organized by Neue Galerie New York, the new exhibition,“Neue Sachlichkeit / New Objectivity”, is curated by Dr. Olaf Peters, a professor of modern art at Martin Luther University in Halle-Wittenberg, Germany. At the Neue Galerie, Dr. Peters has previously organized “Max Beckmann: The Formative Years, 1915-1925,” “Otto Dix,” “Degenerate Art: The Attack on Modern Art in Nazi Germany, 1937,” “Berlin Metropolis: 1918-1933,” and “Before the Fall: German and Austrian Art of the 1930s.”

The exhibition is made possible in part by the Neue Galerie President’s Circle.

LEARN MORE

A fully illustrated catalogue, published by Neue Galerie New York and Prestel, accompanies the exhibition.

Hear curatorial insights on key works in the exhibition.

IN THE NEWS

“For a handful of years, starting in the mid 1920s, Germany’s doomed Weimar Republic had a period of stability. And that stability is associated with a loose, broad and various movement in the visual and applied arts that quickly became known as the Neue Sachlichkeit (New Objectivity).”
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