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Per Kirkeby
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Per Kirkeby
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exhibition_dates:
February 9 - March 14, 2002
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February 9 - March 14, 2002
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exhibition_year:
2002
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2002
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exhibition_location:
CVPA Campus Gallery (UMass Dartmouth Galleries)
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exhibition_curator:
Lasse B. Antonsen and Michael Werner
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Lasse B. Antonsen and Michael Werner
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exhibition_note:
The exhibition at the University Art Gallery consists of fourteen large scale monotypes from 1993, and a presentation of Feldbuch, a collection of etchings from1994. Also on display is a selection of original lithographic book covers, spanning the years from 1987-1994. In describing the exhibition, Antonsen said: All the work presented is characteristic of Per Kirkeby's investigation of nature imagery within the context of abstraction and mark-making. Now in his early 60's, Kirkeby is of the same generation as the German artists Gerhard Richter, Sigmar Polke, and Georg Baselitz; artists who all share a profound commitment to painting and believe it still is a challenging and significant means for the investigation of important subject matter. The catalog published in connection with the exhibition features color reproductions of the monotypes and etchings, and a selection of poems form the artist's 1994 collection, Now the Painters Rise. The exhibition was organized in collaboration with the Michael Werner Gallery, New York and Cologne. Funding was provided by the UMass Dartmouth Student Senate and the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
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The exhibition at the University Art Gallery consists of fourteen large scale monotypes from 1993, and a presentation of Feldbuch, a collection of etchings from1994. Also on display is a selection of original lithographic book covers, spanning the years from 1987-1994. In describing the exhibition, Antonsen said: All the work presented is characteristic of Per Kirkeby's investigation of nature imagery within the context of abstraction and mark-making. Now in his early 60's, Kirkeby is of the same generation as the German artists Gerhard Richter, Sigmar Polke, and Georg Baselitz; artists who all share a profound commitment to painting and believe it still is a challenging and significant means for the investigation of important subject matter. The catalog published in connection with the exhibition features color reproductions of the monotypes and etchings, and a selection of poems form the artist's 1994 collection, Now the Painters Rise. The exhibition was organized in collaboration with the Michael Werner Gallery, New York and Cologne. Funding was provided by the UMass Dartmouth Student Senate and the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
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prints
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book - exhibition catalog
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copyright notice:
COPYRIGHT NOTIFICATION: Under the direction of the Visual Resource Center digital collections are made available to the UMass Dartmouth campus community for the sole purpose of classroom instruction and study in accordance U.S. Copyright Laws . All other uses are prohibited and are subject to copyright infringements.
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COPYRIGHT NOTIFICATION: Under the direction of the Visual Resource Center digital collections are made available to the UMass Dartmouth campus community for the sole purpose of classroom instruction and study in accordance U.S. Copyright Laws . All other uses are prohibited and are subject to copyright infringements.
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UMass Dartmouth Art Galleries
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UMass Dartmouth Art Galleries
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artist name:
Per Kirkeby
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Per Kirkeby
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Danish
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Danish
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artist_vital dates:
1938 -
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1938 -
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Danish painter, sculptor and writer. In 1962 he entered the Eksperimenterende Kunst-skole (Experimental Art School) in Copenhagen.His first important one-man exhibition abroad was at the Museum Folkwang, Essen, in 1977. He later exhibited widely at public and commercial galleries throughout Europe and the USA. A prolific artist, Kirkeby used a range of different media. He was a member of the Fluxus group and was influenced by Pop art in the 1960s. Later he was influenced by Tachism and Abstract Expressionism. The vigorous brushwork and chromatic beauty of his, mostly untitled, paintings and the sensuous modelling of his rough black bronzes have earned him the title 'lyric expressionist'. The paintings, which tend towards the abstract, bear veiled iconographic reference, largely to the Danish landscape and the female figure. In contrast to the poetic and dramatic character of his paintings and black bronzes Kirkeby's brick sculptures display an unusual clarity. They make strong reference to traditional Danish housing and are inspired by Mayan architecture, as in the house-like, symmetrical form (1973) at Ikast, Denmark. In 1981 Kirkeby completed a group of such sculptures for the County Council building in Ålborg. His concern with experiment and conceptual art led him to execute a series of works in chalk on blackboard, and he regularly published poetry, essays and travel books, as well as making television and full-length documentary films. He also produced many artist's books, such as the 'picture novel' Landskaberne ('Landscapes'; Copenhagen, 1969). Bibliography Per Kirkeby: Übermalungen, 196484 (exh. cat., Munich, Kstraum, 1984) Per Kirkeby: Skulpturen und Bilder (exh. cat., Zurich, Gal. Knoedler, 1985) Per Kirkeby: Retrospektive (exh. cat., Cologne, Mus. Ludwig, 1987) Per Kirkeby: Pinturas, esculturas, grabados y escritos (exh. cat., Valencia, IVAM Cent. Julio Gonzalez, 198990) 'Per Kirkeby', Louisiana Revue, xxx/3 (1990) [whole issue]
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Danish painter, sculptor and writer. In 1962 he entered the Eksperimenterende Kunst-skole (Experimental Art School) in Copenhagen.His first important one-man exhibition abroad was at the Museum Folkwang, Essen, in 1977. He later exhibited widely at public and commercial galleries throughout Europe and the USA. A prolific artist, Kirkeby used a range of different media. He was a member of the Fluxus group and was influenced by Pop art in the 1960s. Later he was influenced by Tachism and Abstract Expressionism. The vigorous brushwork and chromatic beauty of his, mostly untitled, paintings and the sensuous modelling of his rough black bronzes have earned him the title 'lyric expressionist'. The paintings, which tend towards the abstract, bear veiled iconographic reference, largely to the Danish landscape and the female figure. In contrast to the poetic and dramatic character of his paintings and black bronzes Kirkeby's brick sculptures display an unusual clarity. They make strong reference to traditional Danish housing and are inspired by Mayan architecture, as in the house-like, symmetrical form (1973) at Ikast, Denmark. In 1981 Kirkeby completed a group of such sculptures for the County Council building in Ålborg. His concern with experiment and conceptual art led him to execute a series of works in chalk on blackboard, and he regularly published poetry, essays and travel books, as well as making television and full-length documentary films. He also produced many artist's books, such as the 'picture novel' Landskaberne ('Landscapes'; Copenhagen, 1969). Bibliography Per Kirkeby: Übermalungen, 196484 (exh. cat., Munich, Kstraum, 1984) Per Kirkeby: Skulpturen und Bilder (exh. cat., Zurich, Gal. Knoedler, 1985) Per Kirkeby: Retrospektive (exh. cat., Cologne, Mus. Ludwig, 1987) Per Kirkeby: Pinturas, esculturas, grabados y escritos (exh. cat., Valencia, IVAM Cent. Julio Gonzalez, 198990) 'Per Kirkeby', Louisiana Revue, xxx/3 (1990) [whole issue]
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http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/per-kirkeby-2238
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work_title:
A collection of monotypes and etching by Per Kirkeby
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A collection of monotypes and etching by Per Kirkeby
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print
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print
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work_date:
ca. 1987 - 1994
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ca. 1987 - 1994
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