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Every year, the Deutsche Guggenheim presents one exhibition organized by
Deutsche Bank. In 2009, this presentation showcases the multilayered work of
Imi Knoebel. Born 1940 in Dessau and living in Düsseldorf, Knoebel belongs to
the select group of artists whose career the Deutsche Bank Collection has
followed closely for 25 years. A student of Joseph Beuys, Knoebel has
collaborated with many artists of his generation, always affirming his unique
position. His inquiry into the basic principles of form and color seems more
relevant today than ever, especially in view of the current revival of 1960s and
1970s abstract art among younger artists.
The exhibition is a play in two acts. The first consists of paintings from the period
2005–2009. Titled ICH NICHT (Not me), it formulates an emphatic answer to
Barnett Newman’s question Who’s Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue? The
paintings, mostly large-scale, evidence the artist’s adept handling of primary
colors. While inviting visual contemplation, they can overwhelm the viewer with
their riveting presence.
ENDUROS, the second act of the show, gives an overview of Knoebel’s work
between 1968 and 2005, covering the whole spectrum of his non-objective
vocabulary of forms. Knoebel’s early experimentation with forms and materials
such as red anti-rust paint, “immaterial” light projections and gestural
abstractions, is especially well documented in his works on paper. Approximately
200 collages, drawings, photographs and prints from the Deutsche Bank
Collection allow a comprehensive assessment of Knoebel’s artistic development.
These works pay tribute to a medium that has always been the focus of
Deutsche Bank’s engagement in the visual arts: paper.
With more than 56,000 works of art, the Deutsche Bank Collection is considered
the world’s most important collection of drawings and photographs after 1945.
Since its first purchase in 1984, the collection has acquired more than 1,000
works on paper by Imi Knoebel. He now joins a line of artists such as Georg
Baselitz, Neo Rauch, Richard Artschwager, Kara Walker and Cai Guo-Qiang, for
whom Deutsche Bank has organized solo exhibitions in its gallery at Unter den
Linden.
The monographic catalogue published in conjunction with the exhibition contains
more than 300 illustrations and essays by Hubertus Butin, Jörg Heiser, Friedhelm
Hütte, David Moos, Petra Richter, Martin Schulz and Johannes Stüttgen. Two
special editions conceived for the show at the Deutsche Guggenheim are also
available (all proceeds will be donated to the charity Kinderstern e.V.).
The exhibition at the Deutsche Guggenheim was realized in close cooperation
with the artist and with the Neue Nationalgalerie, where Knoebel’s installation Zu
Hilfe, zu Hilfe… will be on view.
Information concerning the exhibitions
IMI KNOEBEL: Zu Hilfe, zu Hilfe
Nationalgalerie
Neue Nationalgalerie
May 23 until August 9, 2009
Click here for further information on the Imi Knoebel exhibition at the Neue Nationalgalerie
IMI KNOEBEL: ICH NICHT Neue Werke
Deutsche Guggenheim
May 23 until June 26, 2009
IMI KNOEBEL: ENDUROS Sammlung Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Guggenheim
July 4 until August 2, 2009
» Download this Pressrelease (.pdf)
» Press Invitation Nationalgalerie & Deutsche Guggenheim (.pdf)
» Press Photos Nationalgalerie (.pdf)
» Press Photos Deutsche Guggenheim (.pdf)
Images of the exhibition
are available online at www.photo-files.de/guggenheim in a 300 dpi quality.
Further information at
Deutsche Guggenheim
Contact: Sara Bernshausen
Phone: +49-30-202093-14
Fax: +49-30-202093-20
Email: sara.bernshausen@db.com
Internet: www.deutsche-guggenheim.de
Deutsche Bank Art
Contact: Britta Färber
Phone: +49 (69) 910-35960
Email: britta.faerber@db.com
Internet: www.db-artmag.com
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