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"Also ich bin eben ein Wirklichkeitsmensch. Alles muss ich sehen." - Otto Dix

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Der Ausstellungskatalog Otto Dix. Alles muss ich sehen! zum 125. Geburtstag des Künstlers stellt die thematische Kontinuität seines Oeuvres in den Mittelpunkt und veranschaulicht, wie sich seine Sujets durch alle Schaffensperioden ziehen: Akte, Porträts, religiöse Themen, Kriegsdarstellungen sowie Stand- und Landschaftsbilder. In Dix´ Werken, für die ihm allein die Wirklichkeit als Maßstab diente, verbinden sich die Themen Geburt, Tod, Lust und Leid zu einer vielschichtigen Einheit. Auch das Leben des Malers war von Extremsituationen geprägt, von den Schrecken des ersten Weltkriegs über die Diffamierung als ´entarteter´ Künstler durch die Nationalsozialisten bis zum Leben in Ost- und Westdeutschland, zwei auch künstlerisch völlig verschiedenen Welten. Neben Arbeiten, die unser kollektives Bildgedächtnis geprägt haben, zeigt der Ausstellungskatalog zahlreiche unbekannte Arbeiten, die einen neuen Blick auf den Künstler eröffnen.

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The exhibition catalogue Otto Dix. Alles muss ich sehen! (I Have to See Everything!), celebrating the artists 125th birthday, focuses on the thematic continuity of his oeuvre and sheds light on how his subjects thread through all stages of his career: nudes, portraits, religious themes, depictions of war, and cities and landscapes. In Dix´s works, for which reality alone served as the standard measure, the themes of birth, death, desire, and suffering unite to form a multi-layered entity. The painters life was also subject to extreme situations, from the horrors of World War I, Dixs defamation as a degenerate artist by the Nazis, to his life in both East and West Germanytwo completely different worlds also in terms of art. Besides the works of art that have left their mark on our collective memory, the catalogue features many unknown artworks, which open up a new perspective on the artist himself. Exhibition: 02.12. 2016 17.04.2017, Zeppelin Museum

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The exhibition catalogue Otto Dix. Alles muss ich sehen! (I Have to See Everything!), celebrating the artist´s 125th birthday, focuses on the thematic continuity of his oeuvre and sheds light on how his subjects thread through all stages of his career: nudes, portraits, religious themes, depictions of war, and cities and landscapes. In Dix´s works, for which reality alone served as the standard measure, the themes of birth, death, desire, and suffering unite to form a multi-layered entity. The painter´s life was also subject to extreme situations, from the horrors of World War I, Dix´s defamation as a "degenerate artist" by the Nazis, to his life in both East and West Germany-two completely different worlds also in terms of art. Besides the works of art that have left their mark on our collective memory, the catalogue features many unknown artworks, which open up a new perspective on the artist himself.

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