Artists of the Gallery

January 18 to February 24, 2023
Andreas Christen, Joseph Egan, Dan Flavin, Giorgio Griffa, Richard Tuttle, Jerry Zeniuk

Until February 24 the gallery's four showrooms are hosting the works of four artists. A common feature connects these groups of works. The viewer is supposed to enter the picture sequences, as it were, to allow the picture stories time and attention.

Untitled, 1988, testifies in a small space to the possibilities Andreas Christen gained by using epoxy for his work. In contrast to the elaborate production of his early monoforms from polyester, the works made of epoxy consist of a certain number of interconnected identical modules. These cast modules could be used as positive and negative molds. This resulted in dense, moving structures of horizontals, verticals, diagonals, and inclined planes, which in their cropped nature point to a potential extension beyond the visible object.

Two works by Richard Tuttle are hosted in the second room. “Gold” from 2001 is a five-part suite of etchings that only reveals its particular appeal and mystery when read in the specified sequence. “Poem” (2010) can be described as a momentous and substantial ten-part work. It comprises ten drawings in frames individually finished by the artist.

The third room is entirely devoted to the drawing work of Dan Flavin. The small-format etchings were created in 1978 and reveal a little-known and unexpected side of the artist. They demonstrate the artist’s virtuosity as well as his interest in and knowledge of art history, especially drawing. The sheets in the series “... in March, in Oakland” are dedicated to Francesco Guardi and “Second Sails” to James Abbott McNeill Whistler.

The second naturally lit room is the right place to view the works by Jerry Zeniuk, consisting of painting that is literally about painting. Entering into the differentiated and diverse pictorial happenings is a prerequisite for discovering the painterly sensations that these works have to offer.

A watercolor from 1977 by Giorgio Griffa and “Buongiorno!”, a new work by Joseph Egan, make a beautiful addition to the three individual presentations.

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Installation views

Andreas Christen, Joseph Egan, Dan Flavin, Giorgio Griffa, Richard Tuttle, Jerry Zeniuk, Artists of the Gallery

Installation view room 4

Installation view office room

Installation view room 1

Installation view room 2

Installation view room 3

Installation view room 4

Installation view office room

Works

Andreas Christen
Ohne Titel
1988
100 x 134 x 9 cm
Epoxy white sprayed

Joseph Egan
Buongiorno!
2022
38 x 38 x 5 cm
painted wood and painted panel

Dan Flavin / Dan Flavin ... in March, in Oakland (to Francesco Guardi) 1978 each: 31.8 x 27.3 cm portfolio of nine hard ground etchings on Arches satiné paper Ed. 25 publisher: Crown Point Press

Dan Flavin
... in March, in Oakland (to Francesco Guardi)
1978
each: 31.8 x 27.3 cm
portfolio of nine hard ground etchings on Arches satiné paper
Ed. 25
publisher: Crown Point Press

Dan Flavin / Dan Flavin a young black man sheet from the Portfolio „...in March, in Oakland (to Francesco Guardi)“ 1978 sheet size: 31.8 x 27.3 cm hard ground etchings on Arches satiné paper Ed. 25 publisher: Crown Point Press

Dan Flavin
a young black man
sheet from the Portfolio „...in March, in Oakland (to Francesco Guardi)“ 1978
sheet size: 31.8 x 27.3 cm
hard ground etchings on Arches satiné paper
Ed. 25
publisher: Crown Point Press

Dan Flavin
Second Sails (to James Abbott Mc Neill Whistler)
1978
each: 28.3 x 37.8 cm
set of 8 drypoints
Ed. 10
publisher: Crown Point Press

Giorgio Griffa
Senza Titolo
1977
46 x 61.8 cm
watercolor on paper

Richard Tuttle
Poem
2010
10 parts
each: 34.5 x 26.5 x 2.5 cm
pencil and color pencil on paper, in hand painted frames by the artist

Richard Tuttle
Poem
2010
10 parts
each: 34.5 x 26.5 x 2.5 cm
pencil and color pencil on paper, in hand painted frame by the artist

Richard Tuttle / Richard Tuttle Gold 2001 each: 37.5 x 37.5 cm suite of five colored etchings with aquatint, spitbite, softground, screenprinting, chine colle, and gold and platinum leaf Ed. 11/25 publisher: Brooke Alexander Editions printer: Burnet Editions

Richard Tuttle
Gold
2001
each: 37.5 x 37.5 cm
suite of five colored etchings with aquatint, spitbite, softground, screenprinting, chine colle, and gold and platinum leaf
Ed. 11/25
publisher: Brooke Alexander Editions
printer: Burnet Editions