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2012-12-05 Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la ville Paris' Markus Lüpertz, 'Mozart' 11
Lüpertz, Mozart
Michael Werner collection is distinguished by the interest it bears some trends which go against established canons, especially the work of the "painter-sculptor" speaking freely and without hierarchy in the areas of painting, sculpture or drawing. Rather than presenting the avant-garde, this exhibition offers a unique perspective on the artistic creation of XX th century , and offers a different reading of modern and contemporary art. Works have in fact been selected not according to traditional classifications, but according to the affinities that bind artists, are so diverse that their practices and procedures in their relentless pursuit of new forms and figures. Works are entered in their origin, they have unheard of in the art of their time. Consolidations, reconciliations that any exposure here is atypical not conform to historical discourse, mixing works remained in the shadows and those that have become emblematic of an artistic movement.
The central reference point of the exhibition Paris - land of adoption for many foreign artists such as Wilhelm Lehmbruck and Otto Freundlich, gathered around the School of Paris - but also the starting point of interest for Michael Werner contemporary art. It is indeed from Parisian artists, in particular, Jean Fautrier and Francis Gruber, found at the Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris in the sixties, Michael Werner began his collection and enriches more great German artists of his time over the years constituting a "Northern School", a real alternative to the Parisian scene.
Michael Werner Gallery opens Werner & Katz, Berlin in 1963 with the first exhibition of paintings by Georg Baselitz. In 1968, he moved to Cologne and New York in 1990. He discovered major artists of the postwar such as Georg Baselitz, Marcel Broodthaers, James Lee Byars, Jörg Immendorff, Markus Lüpertz, Per Kirkeby, AR Penck and Sigmar Polke and supported them throughout their careers. His vision and determination to defend with the same fervor and constancy artist for nearly fifty years give him a special place among his contemporaries. This singularity is a dual grand opening of its interests in art history from Jean Arp, Jean Fautrier, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Yves Klein, Piero Manzoni, Francis Picabia, Kurt Schwitters. In the 1980s, the collection of Michael Werner extends to more conceptual works, such as Marcel Broodthaers, James Lee Byars, Joseph Beuys, Robert Filliou, Tomas Schmit and Niele Toroni.
Artists exhibited:
Arman, Georg Baselitz, Joseph Beuys, Marcel Broodthaers, Günter Brus, James Lee Byars, Gaston Chaissac, André Derain, Gérard Deschamps, Otto Dix, Eilshemius Louis Michel, Étienne-Martin, Jean Fautrier, Robert Filliou, Lucio Fontana, Otto Freundlich, Francis Gruber, Raymond Hains, Antonius Höckelmann, Jörg Immendorff, Per Kirkeby, Yves Klein, Jannis Kounellis, Wilhelm Lehmbruck, Eugène Leroy, Markus Lüpertz, Henri Michaux, AR Penck, Francis Picabia, Sigmar Polke, Raymond Queneau, Bernard Réquichot, Mimmo Rotella, Tomas Schmit, Eugen Schönebeck, Friedrich Schröder-Sonnenstern, Niele Toroni, Don Van Vliet, Jacques Villeglé.
2012-12-05 Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la ville Paris' Markus Lüpertz, 'Mozart' 11
Lüpertz, Mozart
Michael Werner collection is distinguished by the interest it bears some trends which go against established canons, especially the work of the "painter-sculptor" speaking freely and without hierarchy in the areas of painting, sculpture or drawing. Rather than presenting the avant-garde, this exhibition offers a unique perspective on the artistic creation of XX th century , and offers a different reading of modern and contemporary art. Works have in fact been selected not according to traditional classifications, but according to the affinities that bind artists, are so diverse that their practices and procedures in their relentless pursuit of new forms and figures. Works are entered in their origin, they have unheard of in the art of their time. Consolidations, reconciliations that any exposure here is atypical not conform to historical discourse, mixing works remained in the shadows and those that have become emblematic of an artistic movement.
The central reference point of the exhibition Paris - land of adoption for many foreign artists such as Wilhelm Lehmbruck and Otto Freundlich, gathered around the School of Paris - but also the starting point of interest for Michael Werner contemporary art. It is indeed from Parisian artists, in particular, Jean Fautrier and Francis Gruber, found at the Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris in the sixties, Michael Werner began his collection and enriches more great German artists of his time over the years constituting a "Northern School", a real alternative to the Parisian scene.
Michael Werner Gallery opens Werner & Katz, Berlin in 1963 with the first exhibition of paintings by Georg Baselitz. In 1968, he moved to Cologne and New York in 1990. He discovered major artists of the postwar such as Georg Baselitz, Marcel Broodthaers, James Lee Byars, Jörg Immendorff, Markus Lüpertz, Per Kirkeby, AR Penck and Sigmar Polke and supported them throughout their careers. His vision and determination to defend with the same fervor and constancy artist for nearly fifty years give him a special place among his contemporaries. This singularity is a dual grand opening of its interests in art history from Jean Arp, Jean Fautrier, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Yves Klein, Piero Manzoni, Francis Picabia, Kurt Schwitters. In the 1980s, the collection of Michael Werner extends to more conceptual works, such as Marcel Broodthaers, James Lee Byars, Joseph Beuys, Robert Filliou, Tomas Schmit and Niele Toroni.
Artists exhibited:
Arman, Georg Baselitz, Joseph Beuys, Marcel Broodthaers, Günter Brus, James Lee Byars, Gaston Chaissac, André Derain, Gérard Deschamps, Otto Dix, Eilshemius Louis Michel, Étienne-Martin, Jean Fautrier, Robert Filliou, Lucio Fontana, Otto Freundlich, Francis Gruber, Raymond Hains, Antonius Höckelmann, Jörg Immendorff, Per Kirkeby, Yves Klein, Jannis Kounellis, Wilhelm Lehmbruck, Eugène Leroy, Markus Lüpertz, Henri Michaux, AR Penck, Francis Picabia, Sigmar Polke, Raymond Queneau, Bernard Réquichot, Mimmo Rotella, Tomas Schmit, Eugen Schönebeck, Friedrich Schröder-Sonnenstern, Niele Toroni, Don Van Vliet, Jacques Villeglé.