The exhibition shows works by artist Imi Knoebel from the last twenty years. In addition to three large paintings »Först Aid I, II, III«, shown for the first time, the exhibition also includes works from the Love Child series, a Standing Painting and framed etc. works.
For the first time, Imi Knoebel presents the paintings »Först Aid I, II, III« from 2004. Since the 1990s, Imi Knoebel has increasingly used aluminum as a painting surface, but »Först Aid I, II, III« characterizes a singularity in the artist’s oeuvre: the individual aluminum plates were welded together.
The fact that the artist’s works skillfully move between painting and sculpture is also particularly impressive when looking at the work »Standing Painting E«, 2020, which stands on the floor and is over 3 meters high. The free form of the work is made from a single aluminum plate, which Imi Knoebel painted in a diverse manner and then repeatedly glazed over.
The Love Child works also have free, irregular shapes. Thin, cut metal panels, painted unprimed with acrylic paint and broad brushstrokes. Mounted on a large nail that protrudes from the works through a hole and on which they balance to find their final alignment.
The presentation also includes a group of etc. works, painterly explorations of color and graphic structures with acrylic paint on plastic foil, framed in aluminum frames.
