Lichtenstein and Warhol, Rothko and Richter in Burgdorf – the Museum Franz Gertsch is putting on an expansive exhibition with around 50 top pieces by more than 30 artists from the collection of the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humlebæk, Denmark. The paintings, works on paper, prints, and photographs will be on display in all the museum’s rooms, aside from the Cabinet.
This time, we will not be showing Franz Gertsch’s work in separate rooms in a second exhibition. Instead, the Louisiana collection will be interspersed with about 25 paintings, woodcuts, and aquarelles by Gertsch, thereby enabling viewers to see our house artist reflected in the art of his time. Movements such as Pop Art, Abstract Expressionism, Hard-Edge Painting, Shaped Canvas and Colour Field Painting, as well as figures and landscapes in contemporary painting and photography, but also significant solo positions feature in this presentation.
The exhibition was curated by Anna Wesle and will be accompanied by a comprehensive German and English catalogue with art historically informed contributions by several authors. The catalogue will be published by Hatje Cantz. Visitors can also look forward to a diverse supporting and educational programme.