| LINEAMENTE INTERNATIONAL From Line to Drawing Examples of the graphic collection of the Neue Galerie der Stadt Linz | |
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26. 8. - 5. 12. 1999 | |
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Arnulf Rainer Linz 1990 Over-scription, mixed technique over a print of Linz 34,5 x 46 cm Inv. Nr. G 5648 Short View List of exhibited works |
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From Line to Drawing, motto and impetus, which fix the process, the development of possibilities and changes of the medium. It is an invitation to step behind the scenes of a large graphic collection, to show what drawing and print can achieve in their directness and spontaneity of expression, across generations, styles and tendencies, in surprising contrasts and confrontations with masterpieces of the 20th century.
The exhibition can be divided into the following chapters: Modernism with works by Pierre Bonnard, Georges Braque, Gustav Klimt, Alfred Kubin, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Georges Rouault and Henri Toulouse-Lautrec Informel and abstract expressionism Pierre Alechinsky, Karel Appel, Willem de Kooning, Georges Matthieu, Henri Michaux, Hans Staudacher and Antoni Tàpies Drawing in Austria after 1945 Kurt Absolon, Arnulf Rainer, Alfred Hrdlicka, Walter Pichler, Josef Mikl and Günter Brus Cross over of drawing Wolfgang Ernst, Jean Charles Blais, Martine Rassineux Beside specific themes and styles, one can distinguish important issues following the dates of the works and their way of expression, for instance the smallest exhibit is an etching by Nicola de Maria (10 x 15 cm), while the biggest drawing is by Carinthian artist Alois Köchl (263 x 202 cm). About 40 new acquisitions of the last few years are also on show, which give an insight into the collection´s policy. Peter Baum |
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