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Paul Klee:
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Music inspired Paul Klee. Right up to his twentieth year he was still unsure whether to make his life's work art or music. |
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Although he finally decided to dedicate himself to art, he remained an impassioned musician, and often played in chamber music sessions with his friends. |
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Klee said it was the works and compositional approaches of Johann Sebastian Bach and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart that were most likely to be reflected in his art. |
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The Zentrum Paul Klee in Berne Switzerland has put on several temporary exhibitions since it opened in June, 2005. Melody and Rhythm, however, is the first time that one of the Zentrum's exhibitions concentrates on the relationship between graphic arts and another artistic discipline: music. |
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Title: Und ach, was meinen Kummer noch viel bitterer macht ist, dass Du nicht einmal ahnen magst, wie mir ums Herz ist, 1916
Artist: Paul Klee (Swiss 1879-1940)
Image Courtesy: Zentrum Paul Klee
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“In the course of its research activities the Zentrum Paul Klee has established a musical database of more than 450 scores and recordings of pieces inspired by Paul Klee or one of his works” explains Dr. Michael Baumgartner, head of the Collection, Exhibition, Research department of the Zentrum Paul Klee and curator of the exhibition. |
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Dr. Baumgartner added, “The exhibition includes a music room in which visitors may hear music that Paul Klee particularly admired and played.” |
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Title: Don Juan, 1913
Artist: Paul Klee (Swiss 1879-1940)
Image Courtesy: Zentrum Paul Klee
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Paul Klee: Melody and Rhythm exhibition features works drawn from the collection of the Zentrum Paul Klee, complemented by significant loans from European museums, galleries and private collections such as the Centre Pompidou, Paris; the Kupferstichkabinett and the Kunstmuseum, Basel; the Beyeler Foundation, Riehen; the Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart; the Museum Ludwig, Cologne and the Heinz Berggrün Collection, Berlin. |
Title: Harmony of the Northern Flowers /
Harmonie der noerdlichen Flora, 1927
Artist: Paul Klee (Swiss 1879-1940)
Image Courtesy: Zentrum Paul Klee
To truly enjoy Melody and Rhythm take part in the Audio Guides Music Program. Follow in Klee's foots acoustically. Walk through the collection, different pieces of music linked in some way to the exhibited works are automatically played through the headphones. These pieces are grouped into six areas of the exhibition space to create six sound clusters, offering an entertainingly varied program to make this a truly exceptional experience.
Paul Klee: Melody & Rhythm
Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern Switzerland:
September 9 - November 12, 2006