At the Osthaus Museum Hagen
founded 1902 by Karl Ernst Osthaus inside the Villa Folkwang
the museum exhibits its hidden treasures.
Fountain in the entrance hall of the historic villa
Sitzende, 1911/1912
Seated Figure, by Alexander Archipenko, Ukraine (1887-1964)
The plaster model bought from a collector in Düsseldorf;
bronze casting authorized by the artist himself in 1956
Death and alive, 2002 by Micha Brendel.
Display case of glass, 12 filled cylinders, purchased from the artist
Death and alive are so-called Cryonicists, giving their bodies to be deepfrozen. Their hopes are to be brought back to life once there are cures for their illnesses. The display shall help those people to remember their past life. The artist questions the sense of being immortal.
Gene Pool (1992), given as a present by Dui Seid
Dui Seid is the first American artist to address AIDS and human frailty.
White Field, 1964 - by Günter Uecker (1930-10.6.2025)
Kinetic art - even if the art doesn't move, but the viewer of art
Hans-Herrmann, 1974 - by Uwe Nickel (*1942)
Acrylic on canvas, purchased from the artist in 1974
On top: Shipboard, 1963 - Offset Lithography, purchsed from a gallery in 1968
below: Sunrise, 1965 (dto.)
Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997) was an American pop artist. He rose to prominence in the 1960s through pieces which were inspired by popular advertising and the comic book style. Much of his work explores the relationship between fine art, advertising, and consumerism.
Liz, 1964 - by Andy Warhol (1928-1987)
Silkscreen, purchased from a gallery in 1968
Picture XD 1949, 1949 - by Fritz Levedag (1899-1951)
Oil on canvas, purchased from the artist's estate
Composition, 1922/23 by Laszlo Moholy-Nagy
Oil on canvas
Donation from the Donors' Association in 1953
Rot Gegeneinander, 1928 - by Oskar Schlemmer (1988-1943)
Oil and Tempera on Canvas
Donation from the Donors' Association in 1958
Small Worlds X, 1922 - by Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944)
Drypoint etching
Purchased in the art trade in 1952
Inkpot, silver and glass, 1909 - by Henry van de Velde (1853-1957)
Purchased from the Estate Erika Schulenburg, 2000
Everyday Art
Since ages there's an ashtray in front of the glass entrance. Once you pay to enter the exhibition, you receive a sticky, coloured dot which may be attached to your clothes. When people leave the museum it seems to be a common gesture to stick the coloured dot to the ashtray. And this mostly ugly thing turns into a coloured piece of art created by a thousand (and more) people.
In fact I don't know if the ever replace or remove the dots, but whenever I am at the museum the dots seem to explode over the whole ashtray.
This is the same ashtray in February 2020 - just before Covid-19 rushed in....
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