The New Objectivity was an art movement in Germany established between the end of World War I and the Nazi rise to power. Artists like Otto Dix, Christian Schad and Aenne Biermann among others recognized the darkness of the times in which they lived and celebrated it in all its ugliness, intensity and fervor. Highlights include Christian Schad’s oddly unsettling Self Portrait, 1927 where the artist’s torso transforms into a greenish transparency, revealing a swath of chest hair beneath and Carl Grossberg’s The Yellow Boiler, 1933, a gorgeous visual testament to the new technological age.
5905 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90036
Show closes January 18, 2015
