The author’s subjective approach results in a subdivision of the exhibition into 4 thematic areas: “Light and Landscape” presents shorelines and gardens, but also scenes of people working in the fields. Knausgård explores the painter’s inner world while tracing Munch’s various artistic preoccupations. His decidedly personal point of view opens up a fresh perspective of a man who was, arguably, the most important representative of the Scandinavian avantgarde of the early 20th century, while highlighting the continuing relevance of Munch’s concern with the embeddedness of the individual in society. The internationally celebrated writer, a native Norwegian like Munch himself, achieved worldwide fame with his six-volume autobio-graphical novel, which has been translated into more than 30 languages and has received numerous prizes. These paintings, prints, and sculptures were selected by Karl Ove Knausgård (*1968). With approximately 140 works that have rarely if ever been exhibited in Germany, the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen presents the “unknown” Edvard Munch (1863–1944) at the K20. Karl Ove Knausgård in conversation with Peter Doig
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