George Grosz: The Stick Men

In 1933, immediately before the National Socialists came to power, George Grosz moved to the USA. Grosz ultimately lived and worked in the USA for almost half of his life - as an American citizen since 1938. His work has not lost any of its political clout during this time. Quite the opposite. From the mid-1940s, a group of works arose from the first world war and the shock of the atomic bombs that ended the second world war that clearly and decisively warned of the dangers of a third world war: the “Stick Men” – dehumanized, enslaved figures wandering through a hostile, poisoned world.

This first exhibition since the artist's death, which is exclusively dedicated to the "Stick Men", will reveal a Grosz who - despite the lack of echoes from his contemporaries - steadfastly articulated his political warnings artistically: an artistic and political statement that, unfortunately, today couldn't be more current.