Mangold + Morris

At K20, Düsseldorf 2017 ...

Robert Mangold:

Robert Morris:

Geometry @ K20

Arrived at London last evening.  Some nice geometric works I saw at  K20 yesterday before leaving Düsseldorf ...

Tony Smith:

Ellsworth Kelly:

Robert Mangold:

Between Dimensions + Mangold + ICA stairs

From his solo exhibition Between Dimensions, John Carter at Royal Academy of Arts, London 2013:

Robert Mangold at Tate Modern, London 2013:

Stairs at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), London 2013:

Mangold @ Hallen für Neue Kunst

Hallen für Neue Kunst in Schaffhausen Switzerland has been the highlight of my annual European trip this past summer.  I have been thinking of going there for a few years but have not been able to fit it into my previous itineraries until this year.  My anticipation was met with total satisfaction.  Owning and showing large-scale works by Carl Andre, Joseph Beuys, Dan Flavin, Donald Judd, Jannis Kounellis, Sol LeWitt, Richard Long, Robert Mangold, Mario Merz, Bruce Nauman, Robert Ryman and Lawrence Weiner, the Hallen's collection of minimalist/conceptual contemporary art is among the most prominent in the world.

Robert Mangold's paintings are what I found the most impressive at the Hallen.  His use of simple forms with mathematical clarity, though quiet and restrained on the surface, is articulate and powerful.  I rank Mangold as high as Max Bill among all favourite artists of mine.