Serpentine Gallery
London
Kensington Gardens W2 3XA
020 72981515 FAX 020 74024103
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Richard Artschwager
dal 11/12/2001 al 10/2/2002
020 72981515
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Rose Dempsey



 
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11/12/2001

Richard Artschwager

Serpentine Gallery, London

One of the key artistic figures of post-war American art and a contemporary of Roy Lichtenstein, Jasper Johns, Walter De Maria and Malcolm Morley. His artwork exploits various genres from painting and drawing to photography, and in this way resists categorisation. Serpentine Gallery in collaboration with the Neues Museum, Nuremberg.


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The Serpentine Gallery, in collaboration with the Neues Museum, Nuremberg, presents the first in-depth exhibition in a public gallery in Britain of the work of Richard Artschwager, one of the key artistic figures of post-war American art and a contemporary of Roy Lichtenstein, Jasper Johns, Walter De Maria and Malcolm Morley.

Born in Washington, DC, in 1923, Artschwager studied mathematics and chemistry, serving in the army during World War II before deciding to become an artist. For many years he ran his own furniture workshop, a trade that proved a source of skills and ideas. Reflecting diverse influences and interests, his artwork exploits various genres from painting and drawing to photography, and in this way resists categorisation.

Since the 1960s, Artschwager has created works from industrial materials including plywood, simulated wood Formica and Celotex - a coarsely textured pressed-paper compound. In combination with painted or collaged surfaces that sometimes mimic, but at other times explore, the artistic possibilities of these materials, Artschwager's art has continued to challenge traditional definitions of painting, sculpture, drawing, photography and furniture.

Image: Richard Artschwager Question Mark, 2001

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