Ernst Barlach. Facets of Love at the Edwin Scharff Museum Neu-Ulm
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Experience Ernst Barlach in all his emotional depth
The special exhibition Ernst Barlach. Facets of Love at the Edwin Scharff Museum centers on one of the most poignant artists of modernity: the sculptor, draftsman, and author Ernst Barlach (1870–1938). The show in Neu-Ulm illustrates how far Barlach's understanding of love extends beyond the classical image of a couple, condensing themes such as longing, temptation, maternal love, love for one's neighbor, and loss in both plastic and graphic works. ([edwinscharffmuseum.de](https://edwinscharffmuseum.de/exhibition/ernstbarlach/))
Barlach's view of humanity
Barlach is one of the significant expressionist voices of the 20th century. His work combines wood sculpture, bronze, drawing, lithography, and literary texts into a distinctive visual language that makes compassion, vulnerability, and spiritual tension visible. It is precisely this mixture of formal rigor and human closeness that gives the works an extraordinary presence even today. ([ernst-barlach.de](https://www.ernst-barlach.de/vita?utm_source=openai))
Love as a motif between tenderness and tragedy
The exhibition shows how multifacetedly Barlach designs the theme of love: as an intimate connection between two people, as maternal care, as longing, as the call of sirens, and as mourning for the beloved. Selected exhibits such as Lovers and The Matchmaker II are combined with poetic texts, opening a space where work contemplation and aesthetic experience closely merge. ([edwinscharffmuseum.de](https://edwinscharffmuseum.de/exhibition/ernstbarlach/))
A dialogue with Edwin Scharff and modernity
Particularly captivating are the juxtapositions with works by Edwin Scharff. They make visible how two contemporaries reacted to body, sensation, and human closeness in very different ways. For visitors, this results in a concentrated artistic experience that narrates art history not abstractly, but makes it tangible in the exhibition space. ([edwinscharffmuseum.de](https://edwinscharffmuseum.de/exhibition/ernstbarlach/))
Curated with professional precision
The exhibition is a collaboration with the Ernst Barlach Museums Güstrow; the curator is Franziska Hell, M.A. This collaboration emphasizes the scientific claim of the presentation and ensures a well-founded classification of Barlach's work, biography, and art-historical significance. ([edwinscharffmuseum.de](https://edwinscharffmuseum.de/exhibition/ernstbarlach/))
Accompanying program with guided tours and workshop
The program includes art-historical tours, a literary tour, and a workshop on lettering. The dates deepen the exhibition pedagogically and invite participants to not only observe Barlach's world but also reflect creatively themselves. Some offerings are included in the museum admission, while others cost an additional 2.50 euros or 8 euros plus admission. ([edwinscharffmuseum.de](https://edwinscharffmuseum.de/exhibition/ernstbarlach/))
Those interested in expressionism, sculpture, drawing, and the poetic dimension of art will find in Neu-Ulm an exhibition of remarkable density and sensitivity. Ernst Barlach. Facets of Love offers a quiet, intense view of the human soul and is definitely worth a visit in person. ([edwinscharffmuseum.de](https://edwinscharffmuseum.de/exhibition/ernstbarlach/))
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