The Zentrum Paul Klee is opening its doors to Etel Adnan, a unique exhibition that was organized in close collaboration with this outstanding poetess, artist, and philosopher. Etel Adnan’s work is a combination of not only intensely lyrical, vibrantly colourful paintings, concertina leaflets, and works on paper but also a film piece and large-format tapestries.
With her participation at dOCUMENTA (13) in 2012, the now 93-year-old Lebanese artist all of a sudden has become known to an international audience. Etel Adnan now lives in France and is a leading protagonist of Arab modernism. At first, she discovered Paul Klee through his diaries in the 1960s. His work and his texts made a lasting impression on her artistic work. The exhibition at the Zentrum Paul Klee unfolds a dialogue between the work of Etel Adnan and Paul Klee.
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