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Galleri Tom Christoffersen: RICHARD WINTHER 19 46 07 - 3 May 2012 to 26 May 2012 Current Exhibition |
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RICHARD WINTHER 19 46 07
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RICHARD WINTHER 19 46 07 The gallery has asked artist Christian Vind to make an exhibition of Richard Winther’s (1926-2007) concrete works. From the estate of the artist, works are selected back from 1946 and up to 2007 - from the exhibition in 1948 with the artist group linien II, to the last concrete painting Richard Winther works on the day before his death. Richard Winther worked both concrete and figurative. Parallel through his ouevre we see both the strict constructivism as well as the imaginative figuration. Often the story about Richard Winters works are told as a development from the concrete into the figurative, but already in 1949 he is accused of "betraying" the Linien-group, exhibiting figurative paintings in the “Artists' Autumn Exhibition”. Richard Winther explains that he had always painted figurative images in addition to his concrete works. And the other way around, years later in 1990 he writes that the constructive is still in him. In the latter half of the 1940s Richard Winther’s concrete art takes form. The artist is inspired during his travels to Paris after World War 2, in conversations with Richard Mortensen, by reading Klee and Kandinsky, and the discovery of the De Stijl group and the Bauhaus school. Soon after Richard Winther develops his own original imagery, and provides from that on a significant contribution to the concretist arts in Scandinavia. The exhibition pursues the concrete lines in Richard Winther art up to today, and presents a selection of works spanning over 60 years. Thanks to Tobias Winther Richard Winther (1926-2007) worked in all media throughout his long career. Besides painting and sculpture, he is especially known for his work with the experimental photography. He attended the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen 1945-57 and was teaching professor there from 1980-86. He was cofounder of the artist group Linien II in 1947 and the Experimental Art School in 1961. From 1962-66 he was editor of the magazine Hvedekorn. He is represented at the National Gallery of Art, Glyptoteket, Aros and all other major Danish museums. He received the Eckersberg Medal in 1971 and the Thorvaldsen Medal in 1997. Literature: Troels Andersen, Jørgen Gammelgaard, Jacob Thage and Tove Thage: "Richard Winther - Billeder og fortolkninger" and Marianne Barbusse and Lene Olesen "De Konkrete". - Galleriet har bedt billedkunstner Christian Vind lave en udstilling med konkrete værker af Richard Winther (1926-2007). Fra boet efter kunstneren er der udvalgt værker tilbage fra 1946 og helt frem til 2007 - fra udstillingen med kunstnergruppen Linien II i 1948, til det sidste konkrete maleri Richard Winther arbejder på dagen før sin død. Richard Winther arbejdede både konkret og figurativt. Sideløbende igennem hans produktion ses både den stramme konstruktivisme og den fabulerende figuration. Oftest er historien om Richard Winters billeder fortalt som en udvikling fra det konkrete over i det figurative, men allerede i 1949 bliver han anklaget for at "forråde" Linien-gruppen, da han udstiller figurative billeder på Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling. Richard Winther forklarer at han hele tiden, ved siden af den konkrete kunst, havde malet figurative billeder. Og den anden vej rundt, så skriver han i 1990, at det konstruktive stadig sidder i ham. I den sidste halvdel af 1940'erne formes Richard Winthers konkrete kunstsyn. Kunstneren inspireres under rejser til Paris efter 2 verdenskrig, i samtaler med Richard Mortensen, gennem læsning af Klee og Kandinsky og i mødet med De Stijl-gruppen og Bauhausskolen. Snart udvikler Richard Winther sit eget originale billedsprog, og yder fremover et væsentligt bidrag til den konkretistiske kunst i Norden. Udstillingen forfølger det konkrete spor i Richard Winthers kunst frem til i dag, og præsenterer et udvalg af værker, der spænder over 60 år. Tak til Tobias Winther |
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