[KVRT] Günther Förg [Ohne Titel] 1976

Paintings and works on paper from the Friedrichs collection

Günther Förg (1952-2013) is a great innovator in painting between modernity and the present, between Europe and America, between abstract-laconic minimalism and sensitive gestural expression.

The Kunstverein Reutlingen is showing a selection of its paintings from the years 1976 to 2008 from the collection of Brunhilde and Günther Friedrichs: 100 paintings and works on paper from over 30 years are presented to the public for the first time. They give an impressive insight into the equally risky and sensual ventures of the painting by Günther Förg.

Like the exhibition by Georg Baselitz and Albert Oehlen in autumn 2016, »Günther Förg [Untitled] 1976—2008« is also a ›historical‹ highlight in the otherwise young contemporary program of the Kunstverein.

— At the same time, the Amsterdam Stedelijk Museum is presenting the retrospective »Günther Förg – A Fragile Beauty« (26.5.—14.10.2018).

Opening Sunday, June 10, 11 a.m

Welcome: Wolfgang Riehle, Chairman

Introduction: Christian Malycha, Artistic Director and General Manager

Günther Förg
1952: born in Füssen.
1973—1979: Akademie der Bildenden Künste, München (Klasse Karl Fred Dahmen).
1992—1998: Professur, Staatliche Hochschule für Gestaltung, Karlsruhe.
1996: Wolfgang-Hahn-Preis.
1999—2013: Professur, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, München.
2013: died in Freiburg im Breisgau

A catalog has been published for the exhibition.

Since 1974 numerous international institutional solo exhibitions and works in public collections, including:
Chinati Foundation, Marfa. Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas. Deichtorhallen, Hamburg. Documenta IX, Kassel. Fondation Beyeler, Riehen. Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag. Haus Lange, Krefeld. IKOB – Museum für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Eupen. Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno, Valencia. K20 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf. Kunsthalle Baden-Baden. Kunsthalle Bern. Kunsthalle Bremen. Kunsthalle Karlsruhe. Kunsthalle Tübingen. Kunsthalle Winterthur. Kunsthaus Bregenz. Kunstmuseum Basel. Kunstmuseum Bonn. Kunstmuseum Luzern. Kunstmuseum Stuttgart. Kunstraum München. Langen Foundation, Neuss. Lenbachhaus, München. County Museum of Art, Los Angeles. Moderna Museet, Stockholm. Museum of Modern Art, New York. Munch Museo, Oslo. Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville, Paris. Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Castello di Rivoli. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Buenos Aires. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid. Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach. Museum Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam. Museum Brandhorst, München. Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main. Museum Haus Konstruktiv, Zürich. Museum Ludwig, Köln. Museum of Art, Tel Aviv. Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokio. Museum of Modern Art, Moskau. Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco. Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport. Renaissance Society, Chicago. Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis. Sammlung Grässlin, St. Georgen. Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam. Weserburg Museum für Moderne Kunst, Bremen. ZKM, Karlsruhe.

Kunstverein Reutlingen

Past 10. June until 26. August 18

Günther Förg [Ohne Titel] 1976—2008

Kunstverein Reutlingen