Alfred Kubin. The Aesthetics of Evil

Drawing obsessionsThe ALBERTINA modern exhibition presents Alfred Kubin´s view of the world of evil, the predominant theme of his life and work. The aesthetics of evil prove to be the antithesis of a tranquil idyll for him, one of the most outstanding drawing artists of the twentieth century. Trapped in his fantasies, he finds himself confronted with uncanny dream apparitions and a pronounced fear of the feminine, the night, and fate. This catalogue explores Kubin´s graphic cosmos of the ominous, his nightmares and obsessions and the iconography of evil.