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RECONCILIATION

BIBLICAL IMAGINATION IN GERMAN EXPRESSIONIST PRINTS

MARCH 15 - OCTOBER 19, 2024
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Käthe Kollwitz (1867–1945), 'Visitation (Mary and Elizabeth),' woodcut, 1928, 15 ½ x 18 inches.

The dawn of the 20th century accompanied religious, philosophical, and artistic transition across Germany. Nietzsche's famous assertion that God was dead hung heavily in the air. Nevertheless, German Expressionist art of the era is saturated with biblical subjects and religious themes. In Reconciliation: Biblical Imagination in German Expressionist Prints, you'll explore how artists including Vassily Kandinsky, Edvard Munch, and Käthe Kollwitz found meaning in and bared their souls through biblical themes and narratives through their own artistic zeitgeist as they endured the tumult, upheaval, and conflict of the age.

Reconciliation is on loan from Bowden Collections which offers nearly 20 traveling exhibitions relating to the Bible and faith available to museums, universities, seminaries and churches.

Current Exhibitions

Kéyah

Our Home by Eugene Tapahe
Open through April 26, 2025

From the Vault

Envisioning the Early Latter Days
Open through December 2025

John Held, Jr.

December 6, 2024 - April 26, 2025

Crossing the Divide

American Art from the Permanent Collection
Open through 2029

The Difficult Part

Brian Kershisnik: A Mid-Career Retrospective
Open through May 3, 2025

Of Souls and Sacraments

Symbol and Context in Christian Art
Open through March 1, 2025