ROUGE CABARET

The Terrifying and Beautiful World of Otto Dix

September 24, 2010 to January 2, 2011

The early twentieth century was marked by the rise of several artistic movements known as "expressionist" that sought to convey personal experiences and register political protests in an innovative formal manner. The German painter Otto Dix (1891-1969), who fought in both World Wars, was a key figure in the New Objectivity (Neue Sachlichkeit) movement which espoused a realistic, often acerbic, view of society during the Weimar Republic, prey to deep unease and pessimism. Dix, more than any other of his contemporaries, scrutinized bodies and souls and portrayed the horrifying reality of life, both beautiful and tragic. This attitude earned him a denunciation from the Nazi regime, which considered his art degenerate. It was mocked, destroyed and sold.

ROUGE CABARET: The Terrifying and Beautiful World of Otto Dix is the first major North American exhibition devoted to this artist, whose work continues to both disturb and fascinate us. This presentation will comprise over 200 worksand historical documents — including the outstanding Portrait of the Lawyer Hugo Simons already in the Museum's collection and acquired after a notable fight throughan unprecedented mobilization of support — among the most representative of his unflinching depiction of his era.

The exhibition is organized by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and the Neue Galerie New York.

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Otto Dix (1891-1969), Reclining Woman on Leopard Skin (Portrait of Vera Simailowa), 1927, Oil on wood, 68 x 98 cm, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, gift of Samuel A. Berger/WVZ Löffler, © Estate of Otto Dix/SODRAC (2010)