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A few months ago, specifically on June 25, a fascinating exhibition opened at the MUMOK, the Museum of Modern Art in Vienna, under the title “The Moderns – Revolutions in Art and Science 1890-1935” which explores the world of modern art in the early twentieth-century inspired and influenced by the revolutionary changes in scientific knowledge during this time.
Some of the most important discoveries of the early twentieth century include Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity of and quantum physics investigations by the famous and prestigious Max Planck Institute. These great and revolutionary discoveries significantly influenced the vanguard of modern art.
The artistic aspects which clearly and unambiguously reflect these scientific influences include Cubism and Futurism, which form a central part of this fantastic exhibition. Giacomo Balla, Marcel Duchamp, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Man Ray and Francis Picabia
and many other famous representatives of these movements are included in the exhibition with their most interesting proposals.
This unique exhibition was curated by Cathrin Pichler, Martin Guttman and Susanne Neuburger and presents the groundbreaking works juxtaposed with equipment and scientific products of the era, such as x-ray photographs of kinematic models, which highlight the prevailing influence of these innovations in aesthetic paradigms of the avant-garde. This exhibition, as well as showing some of the most important works of the twentieth century, demonstrates quite formidably that the various disciplines such as art and science can inspire and complement each other, and above all, stresses that neither is more valid than the other.
Heloise Battista
The exhibition runs until January 23, 2011, so you have plenty of time to take a look at this inspiring showcase of artistic and scientific developments, which even today, one hundred years later, remain highly relevant. Rent apartments in Vienna , and let yourself be wowed by art and science.?
Translated by: salome antigone
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