Cardi Black Box in Milan hosts a retrospective of noted German Neo-Expressionist A.R. Penck’s work. Raw, primal, fierce… uncompromising and jarring, the artist’s work ‘leaves marks.’ Self taught – he was refused entry to the Academy of Fine Arts in his native Dresden for political reasons, the artist forged his own path through art incorporating elements of painting, philosophy, science, world religions and music. His retrospective exhibition features over forty works – paintings and sculptures, all showing a strong tie to jazz music, movies, and the graphic arts. Wikipedia clarifies:
He was born in Dresden, Germany, and studied together with a group of other neo-expressionist painters in Dresden. He became one of the foremost exponents of the new figuration alongside Jörg Immendorff, Georg Baselitz and Markus Lüpertz. Under the East German communist regime, they were watched by the secret police and were considered dissidents. In the late 1970s they were included in shows in West Berlin and were seen as exponents of free speech in the East. Their work was shown by major museums and galleries in the West throughout the 1980s. They were included in a number of important shows including the famous Zeitgeist exhibition in the well-known Martin Gropius Bau museum and the important New Art show at the Tate in 1983.
In the 1980s he became known worldwide for paintings with pictographic, neo-primitivist imagery of human figures and other totemic forms. He was included in many important shows both in London and New York.”
A.R. Penck is a frenetic painter whose palette swings from vibrant chomaticisms to bold black and white. Since the 70s A.R. Penck sculpts in marble, bronze and wood.
A.R. Penck
Retrospective
Until the 30th of November, 2012.
Cardi Black Box
Corso di Porta Nuova 38
Milan
For more information visit the gallery site linked here.
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