Post-War and Contemporary Art Amsterdam
Ralf Winkler, alias A. R. Penck, was a German painter, printmaker, sculptor, and jazz drummer. A neo-expressionist, he became known for his visual style, reminiscent of the influence of primitive art.
Carel Nicolaas Visser was a Dutch sculptor. He studied at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague, where he was influenced by the work of artists such as Piet Mondrian and Georges Vantongerloo.
Visser's early work was characterized by his use of industrial materials such as steel and iron. He often worked with found objects, transforming them into abstract sculptures that explored the relationship between form and space.
In the 1960s, Visser's work began to incorporate more organic shapes and materials, such as wood and stone. He continued to experiment with a wide range of materials throughout his career, creating sculptures that were often characterized by their simplicity and elegance.
Visser's work has been exhibited in major museums and galleries around the world, including the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. He is considered one of the most important sculptors of the post-war period, and his influence can be seen in the work of many contemporary artists working today.
Raimund Girke is a German artist known for his minimalist and monochromatic abstract paintings. He was at the origin of analytical painting, participated in the 1977 edition of Documenta VI in Kassel, Germany, and is widely known for his explorations of white.
Raimund Hirke belonged to a generation of young European artists who overcame the subjectivism of abstract expressionism and sought new, objective, reductive expressions based on scientific and mathematical principles. Girke's paintings were characterized by loose compositions and a limited colour palette, often with subtle variations in shades of white or grey.
François Morellet was a French contemporary abstract painter, sculptor, and light artist. His early work prefigured minimal art and conceptual art and he played a prominent role in the development of geometrical abstract art and post-conceptual art.
