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Current Exhibition

Xanti Schawinsky: Play, Life, Illusion
— a Retrospective
+ Monster Chetwynd: Xanti Shenanigans
 

On July 11, 2024, the exhibition "Xanti Schawinsky. Play, Life, Illusion — a Retrospective," curated by Raphael Gygax, will open at the Mudam Luxembourg – Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, and will be on display until January 5, 2025. This exhibition, which unfolds the complexity of Xanti Schawinsky's painterly, processual, and performative work over an area of more than 1000 square meters, is complemented by a large-scale installation by contemporary artist Monster Chetwynd (1973, London), which references Schawinsky's work.

Two figurines designed by Xanti Schawinsky for 'The Two Veronese' play at Bauhaus stage workshop, Dessau, circa 1925.

Upcoming

As part of the exhibition, Hirmer Verlag published the book "XANTI SCHAWINSKY - PLAY LIFE ILLUSION: A Retrospective in Texts, Letters, and Images," edited by Torsten Blume for the Xanti Schawinsky Estate. This book is the first comprehensive collection of Schawinsky's autobiographical writings, enriched with additional texts by the artist.

 

Available from Hirmer Verlag 

 

Following, the exhibition "Xanti Schawinsky. Play, Life, Illusion — a Retrospective" will be on display at Kunsthalle Bielefeld from March 15 to June 15, 2025.

 

Coming Announcement | Kunsthalle Bielefeld

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11.12.2024, 18h00 – 20h00
With Sigrid Pawelke, Raphael Gygax (curator of the exhibition Xanti Schawinsky: Play, Life, Illusion – a Retrospective + Monster Chetwynd: Xanti Shenanigans) and Torsten Blume (editor of the publication Xanti Schawinsky. Play, Life, Illusion)

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