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Messiahs

13 August - 31 December 2009

Western man and the idea of redemption
in modern and contemporary visual art

A unique exhibition from the works of Picasso, Dalí, Bacon, Redon, Kokoschka, Andy Warhol and of other world famous artists.

An incomparably exciting exhibition can be seen in MODEM as a result of such international cooperation that haven't had a precedent before. The insurance value of artworks, that arrived from more than 80 institutions and collectors, exceeds the 100 milliard Hungarian Forints. The theme of the exhibition is such a question that has always been recurrent in art since romanticism: Can the world be redeemed? Works are on view that give or try to give answers to this question, in the topic of messianism and redemption. Works of Picasso, Dalí, Kokoschka, Munch, Andy Warhol, Serrano, Bacon, Redon, Abramovic are exhibited in Debrecen, but besides the international masterpieces there are an exciting selection of Hungarian art from Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka to Judit Reigl. The public could never see the modern and contemporary artworks dealing with the idea of messianism and redemption in such a comprehensive context that offers so various interpretations.

Artists participating in the exhibition:

Magdalena Abakanowicz, Marina Abramovic, Craigie Aitchison, Kai Althoff, Ámos Imre, Anna Margit, Dieter Appelt, Francis Bacon, Bak Imre, Bálint Endre, Apcar Baltazar, Juraj Bartusz, Georg Baselitz, Batthyány Gyula, Beothy István, Berény Róbert, Berszán Zsolt, Blue Noses, Christian Boltanski, Bortnyik Sándor, August Bromse, Günter Brus, Bukta Imre, Ladislav Carný, Marc Chagall, Václav Chochola, Czigány Dezso, Czóbel Béla Ignacy Czwartos, Csontváry Kosztka Tivadar, Salvador Dalí, Deim Pál, Wim Delvoye, Derkovits Gyula, Marlene Dumas, Féner Tamás, Emil Filla, Adolf Frohner, Gémes Péter, Eugeniusz Get-Stankiewicz, Eric Gill, Dariusz Gorczyca, Douglas Gordon, Johannes Grützke, Gulácsy Lajos, Hantaï Simon, Bernhard Heisig, Keith Haring, Jörg Immendorf, Jaschik Álmos, Anton Jaszusch, André Kertész, Grzegorz Klaman, Eva Kmentova, Kmetty János, Oskar Kokoschka, Marian Konarski, Kondor Béla, Korniss Dezso, Zofia Kulik, Sigalit Landau, Robert Mapplethorpe, Theresa Margolles, Mátrai Erik, Joan Miró, Jaroslaw Modzelewski, Moholy-Nagy László, Molnár C. Pál, Otto Muehl, Edward Munch, Munkácsi Márton, Munkácsy Mihály, Alice Neel, Hermann Nitsch, Ország Lili, Dimitrie Paciurea, Kalervo Palsa, Pauer Gyula, Evan Penny, Pablo Picasso, Cristi Pogacean, Antonín Procházka, Marc Quinn, Alexandru Radvan, Arnulf Rainer, Man Ray, Odilon Redon, Reigl Judit, August Rodin, Georges Rouault, Dorota Sadovská, Jan Saudek, Schaár Erzsébet, Rudolf Schwarzkogler, Andres Serrano, Rudolf Sikora, Miroslaw Sikorski, František Skála, Leszek Sobocki, Nancy Spero, Aleksandar Stankovski, Volker Stelzmann, Frederic Stork, Jirí Suruvka, Graham Sutherland, Szalay Lajos, Alina Szapocznikow, Szervátiusz Tibor, Norbert Tadeusz, Rufino Tamayo, Antoni Tapies, Tara, Nicolae Tonitza, Tóth Menyhért, Werner Tübke, Uitz Béla, Vajda Lajos, Várnai Gyula, Vaszary János, Bill Viola, Andy Warhol, Carel Weight, Andrzej Wróblewski

The exhibition can be seen from the 13th of August till the end of the year in MODEM, Debrecen.