Rüdiger Görner: „Oskar Kokoschka“
Bregenz
Vorarlberg Museum,
Kornmarktplatz 1,
6900 Bregenz
“Life is like drawing – but without the eraser to correct mistakes.” - Oskar Kokoschka
The life and work of Oskar Kokoschka (1886-1980) is a protest against monotony — the monotony of existence. Rüdiger Görner's biography illustrates the fascinating and contradictory versatility of this epoch-making artist.
Oskar Kokoschka, who focused on those marked by life, achieved world fame as a visual artist and portraitist. In his comprehensive biography of Kokoschka’s life, the first in thirty years, Rüdiger Görner presents the all-round artist Oskar Kokoschka: plays, letters and essays bear witness to the significant literary qualities of this great painter. Music was central to his work. And as a teacher, Kokoschka founded the “School of Seeing” in 1953. Despite serious injuries sustained during the First World War, Oskar Kokoschka lived to a ripe old age. Keeping very close to his work, Görner traces Kokoschka’s path from enfant terrible and starving artist to a wealthy cosmopolitan and seminal artist, who remained artistically and politically alert: by narrating Kokoschka’s life, his work is narrated – and vice versa.
The first biography since three decades.
Bregenz
Vorarlberg Museum,
Kornmarktplatz 1,
6900 Bregenz
Zürich
Kunsthaus Zürich,
Winkelwiese 4,
8001 Zürich
Vevey
Fondation Oskar Kokoschka, Musée Jenisch,
Avenue de la Gare 2,
1800 Vevey