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Imi Knoebel (1940 Dessau) (F)

Lot 94
28.05.2022 18:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 94 | Imi Knoebel (1940 Dessau) (F)
Imi Knoebel (1940 Dessau) (F)'Messerschnitt / rtg / 78', Collage mit Acryl auf Papier, 99 cm x 68,5 cm, signiert, 78 datiert, Provenienz-/Echtheitsbestätigung anbei, Provenienz: Privatsammlung Düsseldorf, Geschenk des Künstlers. Wie einigen Künstlerkollegen seiner Generation, geht es dem 1940 in Dresden geborenen Künstler um Reduktion. Form, Farbe, Material und Werkcharakteristika, die es künstlerisch herauszuarbeiten gilt, stehen in seinem Fokus. 1964 - 1971 studierte er an der Düsseldorfer Kunstakademie bei Joseph Beuys und beschäftigt sich mit dem Wechselverhältnis zwischen Bild und Raum. Zur Untersuchung der Zwei- bzw. Dreidimensionalität nutzt er monochrome Holzkörper und lotet sie aus. Wobei seine Arbeiten auch an das Prinzip des Zufalls gekoppelt werden, wodurch er in den 1980er Jahren auch gestisch expressive Zeichnungen und Materialassemblagen erarbeitet. Mit strengen und bewegten Formen, sowie zwischen monochromen und farbigen Materialien. Seine Arbeiten werden international in zahlreichen Häusern präsentiert - ein bemerkenswertes Ausstellungsverzeichnis. 2008 erhielt Imi Knoebel im Sinne der deutsch-französischen Freundschaft, durch das französische Ministerium für Kultur und Kommunikation den Auftrag, sechs Fenster für die Apsis der Kathedrale von Reims zu gestalten. Als einer der bedeutendsten deutschen Künstler unserer Zeit sind seine Fenster neben Marc Chagalls aus dem Jahre 1972 in der altehrwürdigen Kathedrale zu bestaunen. Sie fluten die Kathedrale in einem farbigen Lichtermeer, doch bis es soweit war "vergingen drei Jahre des Suchens und Experimentierens bis die fertigen Fenster aus mundgeblasenem Antikglas 2011 installiert werden konnten." Knoebel ließ sich dabei von seiner Messerschnitt-Serie "Rot Gelb Blau" (1977-1980) inspirieren. Rot, gelb und blau sind die mit dem Messer händisch geschnittenen Formen, aus dessen Summe das Werk entsteht. Es sind einzelne Splitter in den kräftigen Grundfarben. Doch gleicht kein Teil dem anderen, alle haben ihre individuelle Gestaltung und ihren eigenen Platz im Bild. Sie fügen sich in Überlappungen, Kreuzungen und als Collage zu einem Gesamtwerk zusammen. Imi Knoebel (1940 Dessau) (F)'Messerschnitt / rtg / 78', collage with acrylic on paper, 99 cm x 68.5 cm, signed, 78 dated, provenance/authenticity confirmation attached, provenance: Private Collection Düsseldorf, gift of the artist. Like some artist colleagues of his generation, the artist, born in Dresden in 1940, is concerned with reduction. His focus is on form, colour, material and the characteristics of the work that need to be artistically elaborated. From 1964 to 1971, he studied at the Düsseldorf Art Academy under Joseph Beuys and was concerned with the interrelationship between image and space. To investigate two- and three-dimensionality, he uses monochrome wooden bodies and explores them. His works are also linked to the principle of chance, which is why in the 1980s he also produced gesturally expressive drawings and material assemblages. With strict and moving forms, as well as between monochrome and coloured materials. His works are presented internationally in numerous houses - a remarkable exhibition list. In 2008, in the spirit of Franco-German friendship, Imi Knoebel was commissioned by the French Ministry of Culture and Communication to design six windows for the apse of Reims Cathedral. As one of the most important German artists of our time, his windows can be admired in the venerable cathedral alongside Marc Chagall's from 1972. They flood the cathedral in a colourful sea of lights, but until it was ready "three years of searching and experimenting passed until the finished windows of hand-blown antique glass could be installed in 2011." Knoebel drew inspiration from his knife-cut series "Red Yellow Blue" (1977-1980). Red, yellow and blue are the shapes cut by hand with a knife, the sum of which creates the work. They are individual splinters in the strong primary colours. Yet no two parts are alike, all have their individual design and their own place in the picture. They come together in overlaps, intersections and as a collage to form a complete work.
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