The Written Art Collection in dialogue with the Deutsche Bank Collection
The Written Art Collection is one of the most important private collections of contemporary written art. Encompassing around 400 works, it includes art from Europe, North America, East Asia, and the Middle East. The spectrum ranges from gestural abstract painting after 1945 to contemporary calligraphy and the diverse forms of expression found in global conceptual and media art.
The exhibition Seeing Words, Reading Images brings together positions from the Written Art Collection with selected works from the Deutsche Bank Collection, one of the leading corporate collections of contemporary works on paper, in a multifaceted dialogue. The starting point is the relation between writing and image—as line, informal gesture, handwriting and calligraphy, typography, or the written image. The focus is on the significance of written art as a medium of global understanding and on the boundless visual and textual possibilities of storytelling, whether in poetry, political criticism, or the engagement with history. Thematic sections allow visitors to experience different aspects of the art of writing.
Curated by Marie-Kathrin Krimphoff, Curator Written Art Collection, and Svenja Gräfin von Reichenbach, Director PalaisPopulaire
