Ben Willikens : six decades / concept and texts, Walter Grasskamp ; edited by Siegfried Weishaupt ; translation, Allison Moseley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Willikens, Ben, 1939- artist.

Contributor:

Grasskamp, Walter, writer of textual content.

Weishaupt, Siegfried, editor.

Kunsthalle Weishaupt, host institutions.

Martin and Margy Meyerson Endowment Fund for the Built Environment.

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Willikens, Ben, 1939---Exhibitions.

Willikens, Ben.

Willikens, Ben, 1939-.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

347 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), 2 portraits ; 33 cm

Other Title:

Six decades

Place of Publication:

Berlin : Hatje Cantz ; Ulm : Kunsthalle Weishaupt, [2018]

Summary:

Ben Willikens became known for his paintings of deserted spaces where time seems to stand still. For a long time gray dominated his palette, and his subtle orchestration of three-dimensional light drew both viewers and interpreters who found a 'theater of absence' in his work. Yet Willikens's oeuvre is more extensive and multifaceted than previous catalogues from his many exhibitions have led readers to believe. Now, this comprehensive overview is the first to present the entire range of his oeuvre. In more than 250 pictures, from his drawings of the 1960s to the Anstaltsbildern (institution paintings) and Abendmahl (communion paintings) of the 1970s, the Gegenräume (alternative spaces) and ORTE (places) to the ceiling mural known as the Leipziger Firmament (2014), this survey recapitulates an artistic development in which automotive paint, watercolors, drawings, photographs, gouaches, collages, acrylic paint, and silkscreens have played a role, along with all colors, for more than two decades. Exhibition: Kunsthalle Weishaupt, Ulm, Germany (16.10.2016-26.03.2017).

Notes:

Catalog of an exhibition held at Kunsthalle Weishaupt, October 16, 2016 - March 26, 2017.

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Martin and Margy Meyerson Endowment Fund for the Built Environment.

ISBN:

9783775742955

3775742956

OCLC:

1021862722

Publisher Number:

9783775742955