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folder_Cobra_Klee_210x491mm_EN 27-12-11 11:15 Pagina 1 cobra museum Klee and Cobra cobra museum of modern art of modern art Practical information www.cobra-museum.nl A Child+s Play Admission .3 2.50 surcharge0 Adults: 1 12.00 / Children under 6: free .except groups0 / Ages 6-18: 1 5.00 / Museum Card holders: surcharge only / Amsterdam and Amstelveen City Pass Holders: 1 7.50. ,Since Paul Klee, all artists are self-taught+ - Pablo Picasso Exhibition catalogue The exhibition is accompanied by the catalogue, Klee and Cobra: A Child+s Play , available in Dutch .published by Ludion; price: 1 27.90. English or German .Hatje Cantz Verlag; price: 1 39.800. The impressive oeuvre of Paul Klee .1879-19400 reveals an exceptional desire to experiment. The Netherlands first became acquainted with Klee+s work in 1948, when Tours by appointment Private tours of the exhibition by experienced art historians are available for groups .up to 20 persons0. The fee per group is 1 100.00 for tours in English, French or German, 1 90.00 for a tour in Dutch. Please book your tour in advance by contacting us at +31 .0020 5475031 or [email protected]. Sunday walk-in tours .Dutch0 Tours of the exhibition will take place every Sunday afternoon from 2:00-3:00 p.m., no reservations required. The fee for the tour is 1 5.00 .excluding museum admission0. Children+s studios and birthday workshops Children receive the Klee and Cobra workbook at no charge. Children+s studios are held every Sunday from 11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m., free of charge, no reservations required. Workshops with artists from Wildervanck in Kunst are available .ages 6-12, reservations needed0. Special birthday workshops are also available. Lloyd Hotel arrangement the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam presented a now legendary exhibition of the work of the Swiss artist. The press and the public were enchanted by the world Cobra Museum of Modern Art www.cobra-museum.nl Sandbergplein 1 Amstelveen NL for more information on exhibitions Tel. +31 .0020 5475050 and activities. www.cobra-museum.nl of Paul Klee. Today, the work of this modern master is seldom seen in the Netherlands. In early 2012, with Klee and Cobra: A Child+s Play, that will change. This in-depth exhibition at the Cobra Museum reveals shared Open Tue to Sun from 11-17 hours Guided tours/activities: fascinations on the parts of both Klee and the Cobra Tel. +31 .0020 5475031 or artists for the wondrous, imaginary world of the child. [email protected] © Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern © Pictoright Amsterdam 2012 Cobra artists .Karel Appel, Constant, Corneille, Euge`ne from the Amstelveen Bus Station. Paul Klee, Itinerant Artist, 1940, From Schiphol or Haarlem, take the Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, private Brands, Asger Jorn, Pierre Alechinsky and others0 have 300 bus, from Amsterdam, the 142, loan been brought together for this exhibition from inter- 144, 170 or 172 bus, tramline 5, or Constant, Night Figure, 1949, coll. Metro line 51. By car from the A9 Karel van Stuijvenberg, Caracas national collections. Visitors to the exhibition who would like to spend the night in Amsterdam can take advantage of a special arrangement with Lloyd Hotel. Please see www.cobra-museum.nl for more information. Amstelveen exit, follow the signs to Design: Mart. Warmerdam The presentation reveals similarities and differences Stadshart .town centre0 and parking Lithography: Gravemaker .garages available0. Printing: Grafinoord between Klee and Cobra, both in their working methods Developmental psychology with the University of Amsterdam Principal sponsors A special programme has been developed around the theme of the exhibition. Visitors are invited to participate. The programme includes series of lectures, an on-line experiment, an interactive weblog and a research lab at the museum. Interactive weblog: with stories, insights and background information on the theme of children+s drawings. Edited by Dr. Ad Dudink, developmental psychologist, and the UvA .online from 1 February, 20120. For more information, see: www.cobra-museum.nl/psychology. and in their ideas about the role and the meaning of the child in art. Klee and Cobra: A Child+s Play centres on five themes: the imagination of the child, fantastic animals, acrobatics, masks, aggression. Visitors will experience how both Klee and the post-war Cobra artists translated the free expression of children into radical new art, which still today remains colourful, Sponsors 28.01-2 2.04 2 012 In all, over 130 masterpieces by Paul Klee and 120 by The Cobra Museum is located across .either direction0 take the 28.01-2 2.04 2 012 spontaneous, raw and pure. Klee and Cobra has been organized in collaboration with the Zentrum Paul Klee in Bern and the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humlebaek, Denmark. Constant, Night Figure, 1949 Paul Klee, Itinerant Artist, 1940 Klee+ Klee+ Cobra Cobra A Child+s Play A Child+s Play folder_Cobra_Klee_210x491mm_EN 27-12-11 11:16 Pagina 2 Paul Klee, Hungry Girl, 1939, Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, gift Livia Klee Karel Appel, Hip, Hip, Hoorah!, 1949, Tate, London, purchased with assistance from Evelyn, Lady Downshire+s Trust Fund and the Gytha Trust, 1988 Paul Klee, Summer Landscape, 1890, Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, private collection A Child+s Play In 1902, at the age of 22, Paul Constant, Fantastic Animals, 1949, Kunsten Museum of Modern Art Aalborg The relationship between Klee and Cobra forms the Klee rediscovered his own childhood drawings, sparking heart of the exhibition. Around this unfolds a journey of his interest in childhood and the creative expressions of discovery through the entire oeuvres of Paul Klee and children. In the drawings of his son Felix, he also found the Cobra artists. Investigated by way of five distinct what he himself had been searching for as a young artist: themes, their similarities become apparent, as do their natural, unaffected, authentic creative expression. The differences. This results in surprising confrontations. world of the child offered Klee and his contemporaries The multifaceted dimensions of Paul Klee and the Cobra an opportunity to liberate themselves from artistic Karel Appel, Questioning Children, 1949, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam Surprising Confrontations artists are revealed in diverse media, including oil traditions and conventions. The Cobra artists identified painting, works on paper, mixed media works and with the seemingly spontaneous work of Paul Klee. sculptures. They worked in a similar fashion and an important part of the power of their work can be traced back to the Paul Klee, Untitled .Big-Eared Clown0,1925, Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, gift Livia Klee direct expressiveness of children. Paul Klee, Dam, 1937, Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern Klee and Cobra For many artists in the 1940s and 1950s, Paul Klee was an important source of inspiration. This was certainly true for a collective of young Dutch avant-garde artists who strove to achieve a new and spontaneous art. In 1948, together with kindred spirits in Belgium and Denmark, they joined forces as Cobra. Paul Klee had died eight years before, but his work had nonetheless left an indelible impression. Paul Klee, Girls+ Class Outdoors, 1939, Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, gift Livia Klee Paul Klee, Summer Landscape, 1924, Triton Foundation Asger Jorn, Falbo II, 1951, Canica Kunstsamling, Oslo Corneille, Fish, 1950, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, donation Bouw- en Aannemingsbedrijf Muys & de Winter, 1964