Search results for: Johannes Gachnang
Capolavori su carta opere espressioniste dal Museum Ludwing di Colonia. La collezione di Josef Haubrich (MASTERPIECES ON PAPER. EXPRESSIONIST WORKS FROM THE LUDWIG MUSEUM IN COLOGNE. THE JOSEF HAUBRICH COLLECTION)
Curated by Rudi Fuchs, Johannes Gachnang and Cristina Mundici This exhibition presented over 100 works on paper belonging to the Josef Haubrich collection, which was originally donated to the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum in 1946 and is currently held in the Ludwig…
Mario Merz. Terra elevata o la storia del disegno (RAISED EARTH OR THE HISTORY OF DRAWING)
Curated by Rudi Fuchs, Johannes Gachnang and Cristina Mundici A major figure in the Arte Povera movement, Mario Merz (Milan, Italy, 1925–2003) invented his own unique mode of artistic expression through which he explored the laws that govern the…
Arnulf Rainer
Curated by Rudi Fuchs and Johannes Gachnang Arnulf Rainer (Baden, Austria, 1929) is widely recognised as one of Austria’s pre-eminent artists of the post-war period, and has developed a complex, multiform artistic vocabulary. His painting career took off in…
Luciano Fabro
Curated by Rudi Fuchs, Johannes Gachnang and Cristina Mundici Luciano Fabro (Turin, Italy, 1936), one of the founders of the Arte Povera movement, expresses himself with complete freedom, employing the most varied materials and forms. Fabro is also an…
James Lee Byars. The palace of good luck
Curated by Rudi Fuchs, Johannes Gachnang and Cristina Mundici James Lee Byars, (Detroit, Michigan, USA, 1932 – Cairo, Egypt, 1997) was interested in eastern cultures and belief systems, having spent long periods in Japan from 1957 to 1967, where…
Alberto Giacometti
Curated by Rudi Fuchs, Johannes Gachnang and Cristina Mundici During the 1940s and 1950s Abstraction became synonymous with the avant-garde from Europe to the US. Alberto Giacometti (Borgonovo, Switzerland, 1901–1966) practised a type of figurative art that, even within…
Jannis Kounnellis
Curated by Rudi Fuchs, Johannes Gachnang and Cristina Mundici The work of Jannis Kounellis (Athens, Greece, 1936) investigates the persistence of the past within the present, and the relationship/fracture between individual knowledge and perception and the collective consciousness. Kounellis…
Joan Mirò – Viaggio delle figure (JOURNEY OF THE FIGURES)
Curated by Rudi Fuchs, Johannes Gachnang and Cristina Mundici Joan Miró (Barcelona, Spain, 1893 – Palma di Majorca, Spain, 1983) is recognised as one of the major figures in the Surrealist movement, which sought to affirm the pre-eminence of…
Standing Sculpture
Curated by Rudi Fuchs, Johannes Gachnang and Francesco Poli During the 20th century, sculpture – like the other traditional art forms – underwent changes so profound that its very status was brought into question. This loss of identity led…
