Hans Arp’s
Automatic Sculpture (Homage to Rodin) of 1938 forms the starting point of this exhibition, the first to compare these two major modern sculptors who were born half a century apart. The display reveals how Arp, who in 1952 also wrote a poem entitled
Rodin, picked up and reinterpreted ideas that his predecessor had pioneered – for instance, the interplay of fluid and fragmented forms and surface textures. Among more than 110 works on display are masterpieces by both artists, including Rodin’s
Thinker and Arp’s