书名：Gesture and line: four post-war German and Austrian artists from the Duerckheim Collection / 姿态与线条：杜尔克海姆收藏的四位战后德国和奥地利艺术家的作品
定价：250.0
ISBN：9780714126975
作者：John-Paul Stonard
版次：1
出版时间：2023-10

内容提要：

题 目：Gesture and line: four post-war German and Austrian artists from the Duerckheim Collection / 姿态与线条：杜尔克海姆收藏的四位战后德国和奥地利艺术家的作品

作 者：John-Paul Stonard

出 版：The British Museum，2023

装 帧：平装，112页

语 种：英语

尺 寸：22.2*25.4 cm

 

 

An extraordinary and stunning selection of unique and compelling artworks by four artists from post-war Germany and Austria, complete with a brief overview of each artist's work and career, with an introduction essay by art historians John-Paul Sonard and Michael Semff.

 

From the 1960s drawing assumed a prominent position in the practice of a rising generation of post-war artists in Germany and Austria. This publication examines works on paper by four artists still comparatively little known in the UK. While Georg Baselitz and Gerhard Richter, household names in German contemporary art, are well known for their large and commanding works, a quieter and more reflective strand is found in the work of Rudi Tr?ger (b. 1929), Karl Bohrmann (1928–1998) and Carl-Heinz Wegert (1926–2007). Small and intimate in scale, their drawings focus on the abstracted, minimalist figure, the studio interior and landscapes, through a sensitive use of line and a spare, self-effacing gesturalism. By contrast, the Austrian actionist Hermann Nitsch (1938–2022) presents visceral depictions of the human anatomy in his large lithographs, which come out of his notorious actionist performances. This publication celebrates a second major gift to the British Museum from the German collector Count Christian Duerckheim, whose first gift featured in Germany Divided: Baselitz and his generation, published by the British Museum Press in 2014.

 

Table of Contents

 

Essay by John-Paul Stonard

Essay by Michael Semff

1. Rudi Tr?ger

2. Karl Bohrmann

3. Carl-Heinz Wegert

4. Hermann Nitsch

Select bibliography

Credits

Acknowledgements

Index