White cabbage, tomatoes, mushrooms, apples and pears: the fruit and vegetable section at the Gunzenhauser Art Museum in Chemnitz is well stocked. For the "Feinkunsthalle" exhibition, curator Pauline Tigges was able to draw from a large pool of still lifes and selected works by Alexej von Jawlensky, Paula Modersohn-Becker, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff and Otto Dix, among others. "This year, everything revolves around the theme of food," explains museum director Anja Richter. The first part of the "Mahlzeit" exhibition trilogy will be on display from March 7 to June 14.
For the presentation of the art, the exhibition organizers took their inspiration from an everyday place: the supermarket. "The supermarket is the main access point to food for most people today," explains curator Tigges. The works of art in the exhibition are arranged accordingly: Baked goods and cheese can be found here as well as fish, meat and sausage products, but also alcoholic beverages and chewing gum at the exit. For the works of art on display, the exhibition organizers draw from the Chemnitz art collections, supplemented by a number of loans - more than 60 works in total.
