Schöne neue Arbeitswelt. Traum und Trauma der Moderne.

In the organizer's words:

The flexibilization of working hours, advances in artificial intelligence and ever louder calls for a four-day week are challenging our traditional understanding of work and are an expression of a rapidly changing world. Society experienced a comparable dynamic around 100 years ago, when technological innovations and social shifts brought about profound transformations. At the beginning of the 20th century, artists participated with great intensity in the debates about the state of working society. Their pictures and objects are testimonies to political struggles, negotiate the achievements of modernity and create visions for a future world of work.

Under the title "Brave new world of work. The Dream and Trauma of Modernity", the LVR-Landesmuseum Bonn is shedding light for the first time on the profound changes in the world of work and their artistic reflections in the modern era. Six thematic chapters trace the massive upheavals of work and society - from the last years of the 19th century to the eve of the Second World War. Icons of New Objectivity such as Leo Breuer's "Kohlenmann" (Coalman) from 1931 enter into a dialog with expressionist or classicist works by artists such as Otto Dix, Conrad Felixmüller, Hannah Höch and Franz Wilhelm Seiwert. Less well-known positions, for example by Magnus Zeller, Sella Hasse or Thea Warncke, complete the picture and invite rediscovery. The historical debates open up surprising parallels to current discussions about the future of work today.

Price information:

Adults reduced € 7 For groups of more than 10 people, the admission price is reduced to € 7 per person. Children and young people free admission up to 18 years School classes free of charge