Kunst in Kolumba

From the treasures of Kolumba, Köln 2012 ...

Josef Albers:

Josef Wolf:

Konrad Klapheck:

Peter Tollens:

Rune Mields:

Primary colours at Neue Nationalgalerie

At Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin 2012 ...

Rupprecht Geiger:

Josef Albers:

Yves Klein:

Hello World: Albers

From the exhibition Hello World. Revision Einer Sampling at Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin 2018 ...

Anni Albers:

Josef Albers:

Black Mountain Albers

Josef and Anni Albers taught at the legendary Black Mountain College in North Carolina from 1933 to 1949.  The exhibition Black Mountain. Ein interdisziplinäres Experiment 1933-1957, currently on view at Berlin's Hamburger Bahnhof, documents the short but interesting history of this influential school.

From the exhibition, among others, Josef Albers:

and Anni Albers:

Geometric abstraction @ Tate

The great masters at Tate Modern, London 2012 ...

Josef Albers:

Ben Nicholson:

Theo van Doesburg:

Albers and Dávila

Josef Albers at MOCCA (Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art), Toronto 2012:

Josef Albers at Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin 2012:

Jose Dávila at Daniel Faria Gallery, Toronto 2012:

The Shape Of Things

Concurrent with trans/Form, also showing now at MOCCA (Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art) is The Shape Of Things - a small collection of iconic works from the 1960s to the present of pure geometry and colour.

Elizabeth McIntosh at MOCCA, Toronto 2012:

Richard Tuttle at MOCCA, Toronto 2012:

Claude Tousignant at MOCCA, Toronto 2012:

Josef Albers at MOCCA, Toronto 2012:

Weiß und andere Farben

I visited the contemporary art gallery of Hamburger Kunsthalle today.  As in any art museum, the display of its collection is a mix-big.  More to my personal taste is its collection on the first floor, titled Weiß und andere Farben (white and other colours).

Imi Knoebel:

Robert Ryman:

Max Hermann Mahlmann:

Andreas Brandt:

Josef Albers:

I was most surprised and very delighted to see Frank Nitsche:

It is worth mentioning that the architect for the gallery addition to Hamburger Kunsthalle was O.M. Ungers, who is well known for his use of cubic forms in his designs.  His architectural drawings are among my favourites.

Ungers' 1995 Hamburger Kunsthalle Galerie der Gegenwart, Hamburg:

Konkrete kunst

The term konkrete kunst (concrete art, not the art of concrete!) was first introduced by Theo van Doesburg in 1930 and developed in the following decades by various artists, most notably Max Bill.  This form of abstraction rejects any symbolical association with reality.  Nothing is more concrete than lines or colours.  There are a few art museums in Germany specialized in konkrete kunst, including Museum für Konkrete Kunst in Ingolstadt:

Bridget Riley at Museum im Kulturspeicher, Würzburg 2010:

Josef Albers at Josef Albers Museum, Bottrop 2010: