Bonn (Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland): FOOLS. ARTISTS. SAINTS. Masters of Chaos

Shamans, fools, fortune tellers, artists, heroes and medicine men - the exhibition sheds light on the role of the (super)human visionary in European and non-European civilisations and cultures from all periods of history. The exhibition explores the human and the superhuman, Christian thought and the extraterrestrial, disease and health, madness and reason. Strange images, spiritual symbols, wild figures from ancient Egypt, the Far East or Oceania are shown alongside European baroque, modernist and contemporary works. Their manifest differences notwithstanding, they bear witness to the universality of the concept of the outstanding individual who transcends the limitations of self and society.

FOOLS. ARTISTS. SAINTS. Masters of Chaos, Bonn Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland,
31 August - 2 December 2012.

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http://www.bundeskunsthalle.de/