Man in the Middle

On 14th September, 2002, an exhibition of some 60 works of the 20th century art from the Deutsche Bank collection was opened in the Alexander Hall of the Winter Palace, The State Hermitage Museum. The project prepared by the State Hermitage Museum in collaboration with Deutsche Bank.
The Deutsche Bank collection includes about 50 thousand pieces in 911 bank offices in 43 countries, from classics of modern art of the 1910-30s to the latest developments.
The exhibition shows drawings, paintings and sculptures of the famous Expressionists Ernst Barlach, Max Beckman, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and Erich Hekel, grotesque satires of Otto Dix, Georg Groseu and Karl Hubbuch from the 1920s, Oscar Schlemmer's stylized watercolors from the 1930s and works of the renowned postwar masters Horst Antes, Georg Baselitz and Eugen Schoenebeck. Drawings and bronze cast of 1961 represent the key postmodern figure Joseph Beuss whose influence was instrumental on many important modern artists. Photos of the 1980-90s is be an important section in the show, introducing the specific art of this period.
The exhibition is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue, edited by Deutsche Bank. The catalogue features essays by noted scholars from Germany.
The exhibition is organized at The State Hermitage Museum by Dr. Piotrovski, Director of the Hermitage, Dr. Asvaritsh, Senior Curator of the Department of The Western European Art and Dr. Ariane Grigoteit and Mr. Friedhelm Hütte, Curators of Deutsche Bank.
A variety of programs and educational resources will be scheduled in conjunction with the exhibition. These will include a symposium, organized by The State Hermitage Museum in collaboration with Goethe Institut Inter Culture "Individual in the 20th Century", on 17 September, 2002, at 11.00 a.m. Ulrich Beck, Professor of the Munich University and famous sociologist and critic will lecture "Dialectics of Individualization and Globalization of Modern Life", on 26 September, 2002, at the Hermitage Theatre, at 4.00 p.m.
The Symposium will be followed by the showing of a retrospective program of films on the same topic. This program is free, no tickets or reservations are required.

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Ariane Grigoteit, Curators of Deutsche Bank, and State Hermitage Director Mikhail Piotrovsky opening the exhibition

Dr. Ariane Grigoteit, Curators of Deutsche Bank

At the exhibition

Dr. Boris Asvaritsh, Senior Curator of the Department of The Western European Art