Anita Rée (1885–1933) ist eine der faszinierenden und rätselhaften Figuren der Kunst der 1920er Jahre. Der vorliegende Band begleitet die erste umfassende Ausstellung zu der Malerin und stellt mit rund 180 teilweise noch unbekannten Gemälden, Aquarellen und Zeichnungen ein überraschend facettenreiches Œuvre vor, das von impressionistischer Freilichtmalerei über kubistisch-mediterrane Landschaftsbilder bis hin zum neusachlichen Porträt reicht. Anita Rée nahm Malunterricht bei Arthur Siebelist, bildete sich um 1913 in Paris fort und arbeitete von 1922 bis 1925 im süditalienischen Positano. Nach ihrer Rückkehr nach Hamburg brachten ihr private und öffentliche Aufträge überregionale Anerkennung, und sie konnte wichtige Kontakte in der Kunstwelt knüpfen. Um 1930 wurde sie erstmals als Jüdin denunziert. Ihre letzten Jahre verbrachte sie zurückgezogen auf Sylt, wo sie sich 1933 das Leben nahm. Die Themen Anita Rées verweisen auf eine sich verändernde moderne Gesellschaft und kreisen um die bis heute aktuelle Frage nach Identität. In eindringlichen Werken präsentiert Rée Menschen anderer Herkunft und das Selbst als fremdes Wesen, intime Frauenakte und Herren der Gesellschaft, die südliche Landschaft als Sehnsuchtsort, weltliche Figurenbilder mit religiösem Gehalt sowie vereinzelte Tiere in kargen Dünen. Als selbstständige Frau in der Kunstwelt zwischen Tradition und Moderne, regionale Künstlerin mit übernationalem Anspruch, Hamburgerin mit südamerikanischen Wurzeln und protestantisch erzogene Jüdin gab es für Rée gleich mehrere Existenzen im Dazwischen.

Featuring works of Anita Rée (1885-1933) from all of her mediums including paintings, watercolors, drawings and handcrafted works, this book sheds new light on a multifaceted oeuvre that ranges from impressionistic outdoor painting to cubistic Mediterranean landscapes to portraits inspired by New Objectivity. As an independent woman of the art world Rée was between tradition and modernity, a German artist with international aspirations, and a Jew raised as a Protestant, Rée had several existences she lived between. Subsequently, Rée's subject matter refers to her in-between existence in a changing modern society during the Weimar Republic, and leads to the still relevant question of identity. Her self portraits reveal the self as a foreign being. She also depicts people of different origin, intimate female nudes, and exaggerated society gentlemen, the southern landscape as a place of yearning, figural images as secular portrayals with religious content, and solitary animals in barren dunes. This volume, showcasing Rée's range of work, delves into the marginalized feelings of the artists, and is sure to delight fans of Modern art.00Exhibition: Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany (06.10.2017-04.02.2018).

A beautifully illustrated examination of the women artists whose inspired search for artistic integrity and equality influenced Expressionist avant-garde culture Women Artists in Expressionism explores how women negotiated the competitive world of modern art during the late Wilhelmine and early Weimar periods in Germany. Their stories challenge predominantly male-oriented narratives of Expressionism and shed light on the divergent artistic responses of women to the dramatic events of the early twentieth century. Shulamith Behr shows how the posthumous critical reception of Paula Modersohn-Becker cast her as a prime agent of the feminization of the movement, and how Käthe Kollwitz used printmaking as a vehicle for technical innovation and sociopolitical commentary. She looks at the dynamic relationship between Marianne Werefkin and Gabriele Münter, whose different paths in life led them to the Blaue Reiter, a group of Expressionist artists that included Wassily Kandinsky and Paul Klee. Behr examines Nell Walden’s role as an influential art dealer, collector, and artist, who promoted women Expressionists during the First World War, and discusses how Dutch artist Jacoba van Heemskerck’s spiritual abstraction earned her the status of an honorary German Expressionist. She demonstrates how figures such as Rosa Schapire and Johanna Ey contributed to the development of the movement as spectators, critics, and collectors of male avant-gardism. Richly illustrated, Women Artists in Expressionism is a women-centered history that reveals the importance of emancipative ideals to the shaping of modernity and the avant-garde.

Peer-reviewed by internationally recognized experts This book aims to provide a comprehensive and clear review of the current knowledge of the relationship between obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, a subject of concern to a wide range of specialists and general practitioners. Separate chapters describe: the definition, symptoms and sequelae of OSA, and the diagnostic strategies and treatment options for adults with OSA according to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine; pathogenic mechanisms, by which OSA may contribute to the development and progression of cardiovascular and metabolic disorders, including inflammation, oxidative stress and thrombosis; links between OSA and obesity, alterations in glucose metabolism, metabolic syndrome and liver injury; relationships between OSA, endothelial dysfunction, autonomic dysfunction and cardiovascular disorders, and the results of studies investigating the effect of treatment for OSA on the concomitant cardiovascular disease. Each chapter summarizes the essential information and is illustrated by tables and figures, which will aid the readers in their understanding of the complex systemic interactions involved in this disease. Reviewed by internationally recognized experts, this publication will be of benefit to clinicians and scientists in the fields of pulmonology, cardiology, endocrinology and neurology as well as to sleep specialists and general practitioners.

What if, instead of discovering our sexuality only once, during puberty, we discover it again later—and then again, after that? What if our sexuality reinvents itself every time our desire shifts, every time the object of our desire changes? What if the nature of our desire is constantly changing—growing deeper, lighter, wilder, more reckless, more tender, more selfish, more devoted, more radical? How We Desire is an enthralling essay about gender, sexuality and love by one of Germany’s most admired writers. It’s about growing up, and discovering the contours of desire and difference, about understanding that we sometimes ‘slip into norms the way we slip into clothes, putting them on because they’re laid out ready for us’. In telling her own story, Emcke draws back the veil on how we experience desire, no matter what our sexual orientation. And she examines how prejudice against homosexuality has survived its decriminalisation in the west. This marvellous book pays homage to the radical magic and liberating tenderness of desire itself. Carolin Emcke was born in 1967. She studied philosophy, politics and history in London, Frankfurt and at Harvard. From 1998 to 2013 she reported from war and crisis zones including Kosovo, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Gaza and Haiti. She has written a number of books, and in 2016 she received the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade, which has also been won by Svetlana Alexievich, Orhan Pamuk and Susan Sontag. How We Desire is the first book by Carolin Emcke to be translated into English. ‘Hypnotic.’ Sydney Morning Herald ‘A beautiful acount of discovering and rediscovering one’s identity.’ Otago Daily Times ‘Delicate and vulnerable, angry, passionate, clever and thoughtful. An amazing work.’ Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung 'Her words tremble with fury...A compelling conversation, urging readers to rethink the borderlands of the erotic.’ Australian ‘Huge intellect and tremendous energy.’ Radio NZ