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Graphic design for the exhibition „Flesh | Meat“
Graphic design for the exhibition „Flesh | Meat“ © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Altes Museum, Design: BueroBong
Jean-Antoine Houdon, Muscle Man (detail), late 18th c., bronze, gilt
Jean-Antoine Houdon, Muscle Man (detail), late 18th c., bronze, gilt © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Skulpturensammlung und Museum für byzantinische Kunst / Antje Voigt
Hans Schwarz, Death and the Maiden, c. 1520, boxwood
Hans Schwarz, Death and the Maiden, c. 1520, boxwood © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Skulpturensammlung und Museum für byzantinische Kunst / Reinhard Saczewski
Kronos/Saturn, devouring his Son (detail), c. 1766, design: Wenzel Neu, manufactured by: Kloster Veilsdorf porcelain manufactory, terracotta
Kronos/Saturn, devouring his Son (detail), c. 1766, design: Wenzel Neu, manufactured by: Kloster Veilsdorf porcelain manufactory, terracotta © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kunstgewerbemuseum / Saturia Linke
Christoph Weiditz, Fortuna/Venus (detail), c. 1550, bronze, fire-gilt
Christoph Weiditz, Fortuna/Venus (detail), c. 1550, bronze, fire-gilt © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Skulpturensammlung und Museum für byzantinische Kunst / Jörg P. Anders
Corinthian lekythos (detail), c. 560 BC., clay, black-figure pottery
Corinthian lekythos (detail), c. 560 BC., clay, black-figure pottery © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Antikensammlung / Johannes Laurentius
Hairless, pot-bellied dog (detail), 300 BC to 300 AD, ceramic figure with red clay finish
Hairless, pot-bellied dog (detail), 300 BC to 300 AD, ceramic figure with red clay finish © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ethnologisches Museum / Martin Franken
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Flesh | Meat

01.06.2018 to 06.01.2019
Altes Museum

Meat – one moment a versatile basis for life, then suddenly decaying matter. For some, meat is repulsive, for others a source of nourishment – or even a sacrifice fit for the gods. Meat reveals the omnipresent conflict between life and death in human culture. Meat therefore occupies a paradoxical position in the contested space between life and death. The exhibition asks what influences these paradoxes bring to bear on the fields of nutrition, belief, and body – and, by extension, how they shape our relationship to meat in the present day.

Following on from the success of the Neues Museum’s Beards exhibition and Alchemy, Meat at the Altes Museum is the next exhibition by the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin to adopt an inter-thematic approach, with a view to creating meaningful juxtapositions of objects from the institution’s universal collections.

For more impressions of the exhibition, simply search for the hashtag #FleischFleshMeat on popular social media channels such as Facebook and Instagram.

Am Lustgarten
10178 Berlin

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Full access for persons with mobility impairment is possible via the service entrance (please ask for porter for assistance).

Until 17.8.2018, the building will only have one functioning lift, with an entrance width of 80cm.

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