Exhi­bi­tion in the Galerie Friese

In col­lab­o­ra­tion with the Willi Baumeis­ter Foun­da­tion, works by Willi Baumeis­ter (1889–1955) are pre­sent­ed: ear­ly lith­o­graphs from his con­struc­tivist ear­ly work, in which geo­met­ric com­po­si­tions always orig­i­nate from the human fig­ure, as well as draw­ings and paint­ings from the 1950s. These works belong to Baumeis­ter’s icon­ic late work and show him as a unique inven­tor of vivid visu­al worlds and a true pio­neer of the avant-garde.

Spa­tial sculp­tures and draw­ings from the 1950s by Nor­bert Kricke (1922–1984) are on dis­play – a phase in which he joined the Informel group. His goal was to recap­ture artis­tic free­dom in a space for action that was lim­it­ed by as few coor­di­nates as pos­si­ble. This act of lib­er­a­tion, attuned to a new begin­ning, had far-reach­ing con­se­quences for his own work as well as for the def­i­n­i­tion of the gen­res of sculp­ture and draw­ing. The selec­tion of exhibits was made in col­lab­o­ra­tion with Sabine Kricke-Güse, the artist’s estate admin­is­tra­tor.