OFFER - GUIDED TOURS
Guided Thematic Tours
on Art and Philosophy
at the Museum Frieder Burda
Baden-Baden
May 17, 2024 until September 14, 2025
Richard Pousette-Dart. Poetry of Light
in German and English, 60 min.
Dr. phil. Martina Sauer
Appointment and ticket for virtual tours:
https://www.museum-frieder-burda.de/en/fuehrungen
On site appointment and ticket :
+49 (0)7223 912 9174
or
msauer@bildphilosophie.de
Guided Tour:
Liberal, open, free America: Did such a thing once exist?
The exhibition title, "Poetry of Light," is misleading—and yet not. Indeed, the works of this pioneer of Abstract Expressionism since the 30s are entirely dedicated to aesthetic experience. Yet the light they evoke remains true to the fundamental ideas of freedom and equality between men and women, between black and white. His childhood home, his friendships and his works bear witness to this. Thus, his works are not characterized by fear and dominance, but rather by a positive mood and the recognition of others.
But will Americans of every gender, color, and background, like us here in Germany, remember this and rediscover this wonderful, seemingly utopian feeling of liberation?
li.: Richard Pousette-Dart, Notebooks, 1940s to 1990s, mixed media. Photo: M. Sauer 2025