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Gunther Förg (1952-2013) was a German painter, sculptor, and photographer with an irreverent approach to abstraction. Förg's project tackled the latent instability between image and reality. His painterly surfaces may appear exquisitely sensitive, his installations elegantly precise, but these are mastered and executed with a cold detachment. His deft manipulations of the languages of abstraction obscured a darker message. This publication, the most comprehensive to date, offers an important new understanding of this extraordinary and complex artist. Three years in the making, it reinterprets Förg's oeuvre to reveal an artistic project that raises important questions about the traditional role of an object as a conveyor of fixed meaning. The book's subtitle--"A Fragile Beauty"--is an indication of how Förg successfully manipulated what is behind and beyond an object's appearance.
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Exhibitions, German Painting, Abstract Art, Criticism and interpretation, Themes, motives, Artistic Photography, German Sculpture, Art, german, Art, modern, 20th century, exhibitions, Art, modern, 21st century, exhibitionsPeople
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Published to accompany an exhibition held at Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Netherlands, 26th May-14th October, 2018, and Dallas Museum of Art, USA, 21st October, 2018--27th January. 2019.
Includes bibliographical references (page 244).
" Günther Förg: A Fragile Beauty" : May 26-October 14, 2018, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Netherlands.
" Günther Förg: A Fragile Beauty" : October 21, 2018-January 27, 2019, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas, United States.
Text in English.
Exhibited: Günther Förg: "A Fragile Beauty", Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Netherlands, 26th May-14th October, 2018.
Exhibited: Günther Förg: "A Fragile Beauty", Dallas Museum of Art, USA, 21st October, 2018--27th January. 2019.
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