Kiel ablaze!
The rapture of color
The Collection 2014
8 March to 21 September 2014
Each of the 12 rooms housing the current presentation of the collection featured one of 12 colors. Their selection, as well as the sequence of their appearance, followed the canon of Harald Küpper’s (* 1928) color wheel. New views of the individual colors and their interaction constantly unfolded along the visual axes that opened up as you passed from room to room. They not only highlighted the architectural structure of the old Kunsthalle building but also placed particular emphasis on the individual artworks. The colors of the walls largely determined the selection of works, each generating its own unique perceptual situation. In several rooms the color of the walls strongly contrasted with the colors in the artworks, in others the color on the walls appeared to harmoniously embrace them. This year’s presentation Kiel ablaze! focused on the impact of color – both in the artworks themselves and on walls.