Bob Dylan: Face Value

English summary: In addition to his unique abilities as a composer, poet, singer and performer, Bob Dylan (b. 1941) created an extensive oeuvre in the visual arts. His pastels entitled "Face Value" emerged in 2012. They show faces that are influenced by experience and circumstances. Dylan gives these portraits a surprising depth. He links his subjects to centuries-old icons, and thereby giving the sitter, despite their adversities in life, a special dignity. The catalogue of watercolors is supplemented by contributions from an art, musical and literary scholar, who analyzes Dylan's work under multiple aspects. German description: Neben seinen einzigartigen Fahigkeiten als Komponist, Lyriker, Sanger und Performer hat Bob Dylan (1941) in den letzten Jahren auch im Bereich der bildenden Kunst ein umfangreiches OEuvre geschaffen. Seine Pastelle mit dem Titel Face Value entstanden 2012. Sie zeigen Gesichter, die von einschneidenden Erfahrungen und Lebensumstanden gepragt sind. Dylan gibt diesen Portrats eine uberraschende inhaltliche Wendung, indem er an den Jahrhunderte alten Bildtypus der Ikone anknupft und die von den Widrigkeiten des Lebens gezeichneten, gleichwohl in sich ruhenden Personen ins Ikonenhafte uberhoht, wodurch er den Dargestellten eine besondere Wurde verleiht. Der Katalog der Aquarelle wird durch Beitrage eines Kunst-, eines Musik- und eines Literaturwissenschaftlers erganzt, die Dylans Werk unter verschiedenen Aspekten analysierenr

Ingrid Mossinger studied art history, archaeology, ethnology and philosophy in Frankfurt am Main. She has worked for the Museum Wiesbaden, the Frankfurter Kunstverein and the Sydney Biennales of 1990 and 1992/93. She directed ＂Art Frankfurt＂ and the Kunstverein Ludwig. She has been Director of the Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz since 1996. In 2005 she was appointed Director General of the Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, which includes the Museum am Theaterplatz, the Carlfriedrich Claus Archive, the Henry van de Velde Museum in the Villa Esche, the Museum Gunzenhauser and the Schloabergmuseum. In 2006 she was appointed Chevalier de la Legion d’honneur, in 2007 she received the Order of Merit of the BRD and in 2010 the Knight’s Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog. She was presented with the Order of Merit of the Free State of Saxony in 2014, in 2015 and the Faculty of Philosophy of the Technische Universitat Chemnitz awarded her an Honorary Doctorate. She has expanded the collection of the Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz by an additional 6,500 works.