Gesture and Line
Language: English
Published by British Museum Press, 2023
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- Title
- Gesture and Line
- Author
- Semff, Michael
- Publisher
- British Museum Press
- Publication year
- 2023
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- PAP
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0714126977
- ISBN 13
- 9780714126975
- Item weight
- 830 grams
From the 1960s drawing assumed a prominent position in the practice of a rising generation of post-war artists in Germany and Austria. This publication examines works on paper by four artists still comparatively little known in the UK. While Georg Baselitz and Gerhard Richter; household names in German contemporary art; are well known for their large and commanding works; a quieter and more reflective strand is found in the work of Rudi Tröger (b. 1929); Karl Bohrmann (1928–1998) and Carl-Heinz Wegert (1926–2007). Small and intimate in scale; their drawings focus on the abstracted; minimalist figure; the studio interior and landscapes; through a sensitive use of line and a spare; self-effacing gesturalism. By contrast; the Austrian actionist Hermann Nitsch (1938–2022) presents visceral depictions of the human anatomy in his large lithographs; which come out of his notorious actionist performances. This publication celebrates a second major gift to the British Museum from the German collector Count Christian Duerckheim; whose first gift featured in Germany Divided: Baselitz and his generation; published by the British Museum Press in 2014.
Table of Contents
Essay by John-Paul Stonard
Essay by Michael Semff
1. Rudi Tröger
2. Karl Bohrmann
3. Carl-Heinz Wegert
4. Hermann Nitsch
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About the Author
John-Paul Stonard is a writer, art historian and member of the consultative committee of the Burlington Magazine. His publications include Creation: Art Since the Beginning (2021), Chatsworth, Arcadia, Now: Seven Scenes from the Life of a House (2021), The Books that Shaped Art History (editor: 2017), Germany Divided: Baselitz and his generation (2014), and Fault Lines: Art in Germany 1945–55 (2007).
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