Rosenkranz vs Polke

Pamela Rosenkranz at Kunsthalle Basel, 2011:

Sigmar Polke at Pinakothek der Moderne, München 2011:

Feininger expressionism

Lyonel Feininger at Pinakothek der Moderne, München 2011:

Feininger at Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin 2011:

Feininger at Kunsthalle, Hamburg 2013:

Feininger at Museum Ludwig, Köln 2013:

Chamberlain @ Pinakothek 2

John Chamberlain at Pinakothek der Moderne, München 2011:

Chamberlain @ Pinakothek

John Chamberlain at Pinakothek der Moderne, München 2009:

Blue Flavin

Dan Flavin (rendered blue) at Pinakothek der Moderne, München 2009:

Chamberlain vs Kline

At Pinakothek der Moderne, München 2011 ...

John Chamberlain:

Franz Kline:

Graubner Flavin Kelly green

Gotthard Graubner at Museum Insel Hombroich, Neuss 2010:

Dan Flavin at Pinakothek der Moderne, München 2011:

Ellsworth Kelly at K20, Düsseldorf 2011:

525600 minutes*

Nothing portrays the flow of time better than passages of light and shadow.  Some light/shadow moments over this past year ...

Francine Savard at Diaz Contemporary, Toronto, January:

Rebecca Partridge at Art First Projects, London, March:

Pinakothek der Moderne, München, July:

Walter De Maria at Pinakothek der Moderne, München, July:

Tadao Ando's Conference Pavilion at Vitra Design, Weil am Rhein, July:

Olafur Eliasson at Daimler Contemporary, Berlin, July:

Midtown Toronto, September:

Richard Serra at Gagosian Gallery, New York, November:

*525600 minutes = 1 (non-leap) year ... referencing the lyrics of Seasons Of Love from the Broadway musical Rent.  That was a great show!

Feininger's cityscapes

It's not that I don't like the countryside.  While everybody's got away to their cottages for the long weekend,  I'd rather stay in the city, where I really do belong.  German-American painter Lyonel Feininger also belonged to the city.  He was born and grew up in New York City and has lived and worked in Berlin for long periods of time.  This Bauhaus master's cityscape paintings capture light in the most distinctive cubist way.

Feininger at Pinakothek der Moderne, München 2010:

Feininger at MIA (Minneapolis Institute of Arts), 2010:

Feininger at Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis 2010:

Feininger at Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin 2011:

Bechers on Hudson?

I took a day trip to Beacon, about 80 minutes one way by train up Hudson River north of NYC.  It's well worth spending almost three hours on the train to visit Dia: Beacon, which is a must-see for any lover of contemporary (minimalist) art.  Works on view are mostly large-scaled works by great masters.  My favourites Bernd & Hilla Becher, John Chamberlain, Dan Flavin, Donald Judd, Imi Knoebel, Sol LeWitt, Gerhard Richter, Fred Sandback and Richard Serra were all shown there.  Unfortunately, photography was not allowed.  So I have no images from DB to share here.

Bernd and Hilla Becher at Pinakothek der Moderne, München 2010:

Talking about Bernd and Hilla Becher, I found a lot of vintage industrial constructions outside my train window that looked as if they had appeared in the Bechers' photo album.  They made my train ride even more enjoyable.

Baselitz's world of the illogical

Georg Baselitz first started painting with inverted motifs in 1969, an ingenious idea embracing disharmony, imbalance and destruction with a logic of the illogical.  His works were seen everywhere I travelled to in Europe, though not necessarily my taste.

Baselitz at Museum Ludwig, Koeln 2011:

Baselitz at Pinakothek der Moderne, Muenchen 2011:

Baselitz at Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg 2010:

More steelwork

More steel sculptures of car parts today ...

John Chamberlain is currently showing his renowned steel sculptures of old car parts concurrently at Pinakothek der Moderne and Museum Brandhorst.  I found myself merrily lost for hours in a maze of oversized steelwork.

Chamberlain at Pinakothek der Moderne, München:

Chamberlain at Museum Brandhorst, München:

Chamberlain's steelwork is perfectly echoed by Sigmar Polke and Willem de Kooning's expressionist paintings.

Polke at Pinakothek der Moderne, München:

De Kooning at Pinakothek der Moderne, München:

LeWitt and Flavin

About the imaginary Liam Gillick/Donald Judd show I was curating, apparently works of the other two great masters Sol LeWitt and Dan Flavin would also be aptly included.

Details of LeWitt's Wall Drawings #349 at Mercer Union, Toronto 2010:

Flavin at Pinakothek der Moderne, München 2009: