Daily Archives: January 13, 2012

Neues Museum in Nuremberg: The Irrational in Art

You repeatedly come across them, those themes of the irrational and uncanny scenery, and that includes very contemporary, very young art, too. ‘Tischrücken’ in Sigmar Polke’s case, ‘Grosse Geister’ in Thomas Schütte’s oeuvre, or fortunetelling by Christian Jankowski. Artists concern themselves with the phenomena

Neues Museum in Nuremberg: The Irrational in Art

You repeatedly come across them, those themes of the irrational and uncanny scenery, and that includes very contemporary, very young art, too. ‘Tischrücken’ in Sigmar Polke’s case, ‘Grosse Geister’ in Thomas Schütte’s oeuvre, or fortunetelling by Christian Jankowski. Artists concern themselves with the phenomena