The Cosmos of Rudolf Steiner
5 February - 22 May 2011

Rudolf Steiner is one of the most influential and controversial reformers of the 20th century. In the large special exhibition »The Cosmos of Rudolf Steiner«, the Kunstmuseum Stuttgart is presenting a comprehensive view of Steiner’s cultural and art-historical impact.

Rudolf Steiner, an artist himself, impacted artists who were his contemporaries such as Vasily Kandinsky, and his influence can still be felt today: For example, Joseph Beuys studied Steiner’s writings very thoroughly, and we likewise find references to Steiner’s ideas in the work of many recent artists. These contemporary artists do not, however, see themselves as followers of Steiner’s teachings; instead their works are rather to be comprehended as reactions to a globalized, highly technological, and specialized world. This part of the exhibition, developed together with the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, shows works by the contemporary artists Jan Albers, Joseph Beuys, Tony Cragg, Olafur Eliasson, Helmut Federle, Manuel Graf, Katharina Grosse, Anish Kapoor, Kalin Lindena, Simon Dybbroe Møller, Carsten Nicolai, Giuseppe Penone, Bernd Ribbeck and Claudia Wieser.

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