题 目：Kathe Kollwitz: A Retrospective / 凯绥·珂勒惠支：回顾展

作 者：Starr Figura

出 版：The Museum of Modern Art, New York ，2024

装 帧：精装，248页

尺 寸：22.8*26.6 cm

“我没有权利放弃作为倡导者的责任，”德国艺术家凯绥·珂勒惠支于1920年写道，“我有责任说出人们无尽的苦难，那苦难如山一般沉重。”在二十世纪初的几十年里，当她的许多同行都在尝试抽象艺术时，珂勒惠支却因其精湛的绘画和版画作品而广受认可，这些作品聚焦于社会倡导和同情，直接触及工人阶级的斗争，并有力地彰显了女性作为变革推动者的潜力。

这本图文并茂的著作是为配合纽约现代艺术博物馆举办的大型回顾展而出版的，它全面回顾了珂勒惠支在柏林从19世纪90年代到40年代的职业生涯——这是一个动荡不安的时期，两次世界大战的创伤给这段时期打上了深深的烙印。书中展示了艺术家最具标志性的创作实例，体现了她的政治参与，同时，一些罕见的研究作品和工作样张也凸显了她深入且不断探索的创作过程。一系列论文探讨了珂勒惠支的艺术、职业生涯和遗产，包括她在柏林的生活、她对女性悲痛主题的独特处理方式，以及她的作品对美国具有社会意识的艺术家产生的持久影响。全书共248页，附有190幅插图。

“I have no right to withdraw from the responsibility of being an advocate,” the German artist K?the Kollwitz wrote in 1920. “It is my duty to voice the sufferings of people, which are neverending and as large as a mountain.” In the early decades of the twentieth century, as many of her peers were experimenting with abstraction, Kollwitz was widely recognized for virtuosic drawings and prints that focused on social advocacy and compassion—directly engaging with the struggles of the working class and powerfully asserting the potential of women as agents of change.

Published to accompany a major retrospective at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, this beautifully illustrated volume surveys Kollwitz’s career as it unfolded in Berlin from the 1890s to the 1940s—a period of turmoil marked by the trauma of two world wars. Examples of the artist’s most iconic creations showcase her political engagement, while rarely seen studies and working proofs highlight her intensive, ever-searching creative process. A series of essays explores Kollwitz’s art, career, and legacy, including her life in Berlin, her radical approach to the subject of women’s grief, and her work’s enduring influence on socially conscious artists in the United States. 248 pp.; 190 illus.