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"The art is in the means"

"THE ART IS IN THE MEANS"
Willi Baumeister; Adolf Hölzel and their materials
Adolf Hölzel Foundation 

10 March 2024 - 29 September 2024

"The art is in the means" - this statement by Adolf Hölzel refers to the different painting techniques he used. His opinion is reflected in Willi Baumeister's statement "I am always very positive about all painting techniques". Both artists worked intensively with different painting techniques. In the exhibition, Baumeister's "comb paintings" are juxtaposed with Hölzel's "tube paintings". In order to achieve new pictorial effects, both artists used unusual painting tools such as combs, tubes and palette knives. The exhibition provides an insight into the process of painting. How the artists used the objects and what effect they achieved can be seen in the works on display. The exhibition is also the first to show original pastel chalks from Adolf Hölzel's collection. 

 

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PROCESSING THE WRITTEN ESTATE OF FRITZ SEITZ

Foto: Ester Hagenlocher, Fritz Seitz, Alte Apotheke in Nusse bei Lübeck, 2014

PROCESSING THE WRITTEN ESTATE OF FRITZ SEITZ | Cooperation of University of Oregon, U.S.A. and Willi Baumeister Stiftung

The written estate and most of the works of the artist Fritz Seitz (1926–2017), a student of Willi Baumeister from 1950 to 1954, have been housed in the Willi Baumeister Foundation since 2015. Seitz's unique and innovative approach to the subject of Color, which he developed from the 1960s onwards, significantly contributes to the field.

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