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Ben Willikens (Hardcover)
Albertina Wien; Text written by Walter Grasskamp, Constanze Malissa, Klaus Albrecht Schröder
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His mostly precisely composed, large-format paintings, with
deserted spaces as their main motif, made Ben Willikens (*1939)
famous in the second half of the 1970s. The exhibition and
accompanying catalogue present nearly 50 works created between 1971
and 2021 and thus span the artist’s entire oeuvre. Three groups
of works form the central pillars: the Anstaltsbilder of the 1970,
in whose motifs Willikens processes a dark chapter in his life, and
the series ORTE (PLACES) And ORTE 2 (PLACES 2), which deal with
Willikens’s examination of the architecture of the National
Socialist period. There are also various works from the series
Räume der Moderne (Spaces of Modernity). Text in English and
German.
Wilhelm Leibl (1844–1900) is regarded as one of the most
significant portraitists and an important representative of Realism
in Europe. With large-format illustrations of 40 paintings and 60
drawings this volume accompanies the first comprehensive museum
exhibition with a focus on portraits and representations of figures
to be shown in Switzerland and Austria. Wilhelm Leibl explained his
individual and modern figure painting with his retreat to the
countryside. For Leibl the decisive factor was not that a model was
attractive, but that he or she was shown in a good light. The
publication highlights in insightful contributions Leibl’s
position between tradition and modernity, his contribution to
European Realism and his affinity for the colour black. It also
discusses his relationship to Degas, his links with Hungary and his
importance for the art of the twentieth and twenty-first century.
Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920) moved to Paris as a 22-year-old art
student and is regarded as probably the last true bohemien in
Montmartre. The exhibition catalogue to mark the 100th anniversary
of his death shows him for the first time as a leading member of
the avant-garde who carried the revolution of Primitivism well into
the 20th century. Modigliani's famous nudes, unusual portraits and
unique sculptures are contrasted with works by Pablo Picasso,
Constantin Brancusi and Andre Derain as well as artefacts from
so-called "primitive" cultures. In doing so the volume focuses in
particular on Modigliani's lifelong study of the art of
Primitivism, which also interested the artist friends who
influenced his work. Some 100 works are on view, including numerous
main works by Modigliani from the great museums and most important
private collections from America to Asia.
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