A.R. Penck
Ralf Winkler
A.R. Penck was born 1939 BirthDresden, Germany.
Categories: Painting Printmakers Neo-Expressionism
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I painted all the small ones in the art school in Cologne. It was good because I was able to put up fifteen or sixteen easels in one room. The first one is called “Black Lion” after Rembrandt’s lion drawing. I don’t know if you’ve seen it but it is pretty famous. There are not many good animal pictures. There are animal painters and there the animals always play an important part. I am very interested in that…
Deutsche malerei.
Der von Penck entsprechend geprägte Begriff »Standart« bezeichnet ein Bild von so einfacher Struktur – z.B. Warenzeichen, Verkehrszeichen, Schilder – dass jeder Betrachter es zu durchdringen vermag…
Small View of the World, Psychotronic-Strategic-art
Works in the MOMA collection
Hardly any German artist did as much as A.R. Penck to revive painting in Germany. Even while still in the German Democratic Republic, Penck repeatedly addressed the topic of the relationship between the individual and society. Since his expatriation in 1980, he has employed his unmistakable style to turn abstracted figures and pictorial signs into a universal vocabulary in which recollections of the beginnings of painting are fused with contemporary history and modern science to form a memorable visual world…pdf
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Documents of Contemporary Art. Utopias: Throughout its diverse manifestations, the utopian entails two related but contradictory elements: the aspiration to a better world, and the acknowledgment that its form may only ever live in our imaginations. Furthermore, we are as haunted by the failures of utopian enterprise as we are inspired by the desire to repair the failed and build the new... |
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South African Art Now. South African Art Now documents, through in-depth essays and stunning full-color photographs, the remarkable work of nearly one hundred South African artists working in every medium from painting, sculpture, and video to cutting-edge performance art. This lush volume includes the impressive work of art world stars such as William Kentridge and Marlene Dumas; newly prominent artists such as Berni Searle, Robin Rhode, and Mustafa Maluka; and exciting newcomers still unknown outside their own country, but clearly marked for success... |
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James Rosenquist. Painting Below Zero: Notes on a Life in Art. “Frank, funny, truthful, ironic and in every way an entertaining account of one major American artist’s involvement in an art movement that interests everyone–and, more than that, of his own character. Jim Rosenquist is a true American original and his book ought to be read by anyone who wants to understand the last half-century of his country’s visual culture, high, low, and in between.” –Robert Hughes, amazon |
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