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FRAUKE DANNERT – DESERT AFTER RAIN

New Perspectives in the Leonora Carrington Hall
November 29, 2024 until March 9, 2025

The Desert After Rain exhibition in the Leonora Carrington Hall presents works on paper and canvas as well as wall paintings of the artist Frauke Dannert, who lives and works in Cologne.

Frauke Dannerts (born 1979 in Herdecke) creative manner of expression is based on the technique of collage, which she uses in her graphic and painting works in diverse and exciting ways. The exhibition title is a poetic reference to the artistic work of Max Ernst. Inspired by the fantastic landscape spaces and the wealth of forms in his work, Frauke Dannert has created new series of work especially for the exhibition.

Press release Frauke Dannert – Desert After Rain and Preview 2025 (PDF, 355 KB)

Press image 1 Installation view Frauke Dannert – Desert After Rain. New Perspectives in the Leonora Carrington Hall, Max Ernst Museum Brühl of the LVR, Photo: LVR-ZMB / Nicole Schäfer
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Press image 2 Installation view Frauke Dannert – Desert After Rain. New Perspectives in the Leonora Carrington Hall, Max Ernst Museum Brühl of the LVR, Photo: LVR-ZMB / Nicole Schäfer
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Press image 3 Installation view Frauke Dannert, Gelenk (Hinge), 2024, Collage on Paper, photo: LVR-ZMB / Nicole Schäfer
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Press image 4 Installation view Frauke Dannert, Stein auf Stein (Stone on Stone), 2024, wall painting, with Max Ernst's sculpture The King Playing with the Queen (1944) © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024, photo: LVR-ZMB / Nicole Schäfer
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Press image 5 Installation view Frauke Dannert, Stein auf Stein (Stone on Stone), 2024, wall painting, with Max Ernst's sculpture The King Playing with the Queen (1944) © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024, photo: LVR-ZMB / Nicole Schäfer
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Press image 6 Installation view with Frauke Dannert in the exhibition Desert After Rain. New Perspectives in the Leonora Carrington Hall, Max Ernst Museum Brühl of the LVR, Photo: LVR-ZMB / Nicole Schäfer
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Preview 2025

Press release Preview 2025 and Frauke Dannert – Desert After Rain (PDF, 355 KB)

Hypercreatures – Future Mythologies
March 22 until October 5, 2025

Max Ernst used scalpel and scissors to dissect images of human and non-human bodies and to assemble them into new beings in his surrealistic collages. With a view to societal changes and current developments in science and technology, the international group exhibition presents visions of mixed beings that combine elements of humans, animals, machines or plants, and thus providing impetus for the development of new shared narratives.
In a dialogue process with works by Max Ernst, around 20 contemporary artists are asking themselves how the role of humans can be rethought in the face of acute global crises. The Hypercreatures exhibition with international positions from the fields of sculpture, painting and collage as well as video and media art (gaming, VR) can be seen from 22 March to 5 October 2025.

Press image 1 Federico Cuatlacuatl, Xochipitzahuatl-Nova, 2024, 3 channel video installation (still), photo: © David Morales
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Farah Ossouli – New Perspectives in the Leonora Carrington Hall
June 27 until October 5, 2025

The Iranian artist Farah Ossouli (born 1953 in Zanjan, Iran, lives and works in Tehran, Iran) is one of the first artists to draw inspiration from classical Persian miniature painting while creating independent, contemporary works that refer to the political situation in Iran.
Her unique paintings reveal multidisciplinary approaches from the fields of photography, film, literature and theatre: she subtly interweaves classical motifs from Western art history with current political issues in Iran, which serve as a catalyst for feminist themes and oppression by the Iranian regime.
For her solo exhibition at the Max Ernst Museum Brühl of the LVR, she is creating a new series of works with direct references to Max Ernst's time-critical collage novel Une semaine de bonté.

Press image 1 Farah Ossouli, Fra Angelico, Ahmad and I, 2012, gouache on paper, photo: © Farah Ossouli
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COLLECTION

The Max Ernst Museum Brühl des LVR is the only museum dedicated to the life and work of the seminal artist, image poet, and cosmopolitan Max Ernst (1891–1976). The collection spans 70 years of one of the most important, versatile, and fascinating artists of the 20th century. Numerous paintings, drawings, frottages, and collages let visitors immerse themselves in the fantastic worlds of Max Ernst’s images and demonstrate his boundless inventiveness. Visitors can also look forward to seeing a unique collection of more than 70 bronze castings and sculptures. Another heart piece of the collection are the 36 "D-paintings".These works were originally painted as gifts to the artist’s fourth wife, Dorothea Tanning – a fellow artist who was a part of his life for more than three decades.

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Outside view Max Ernst Museum Brühl des LVR, Photo: Annette Hiller / LVR-ZMB
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Outside view Max Ernst Museum Brühl des LVR, Photo: Hans-Theo Gerhards / Museum
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Outside view Max Ernst Museum Brühl des LVR, Photo: Hans-Theo Gerhards / Museum
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