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RAIMUND GIRKE: FORCE FIELDS

Past exhibition
11 October - 25 November 2022
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Raimund Girke, 1992 © Martin Müller, Berlin
Raimund Girke, 1992 © Martin Müller, Berlin

'White is emptiness, immateriality, calm and silence.'

 

An influential figure of post-war German art, Raimund Girke (1930-2002) studied at the art school in Hanover before moving on to the Düsseldorf Art Academy with ZERO founders Otto Piene and Heinz Mack. Departing from Abstract Expressionism and initially influenced by the gestural-rhythmic abstraction of Art Informel, he became a forerunner of Analytical Painting committed to the investigation of the colour white.

 

From 1956-7, reducing his palette to black and grey, Girke developed a painting style consisting of few colours and void of any figurative reference taking the work to the extremes of white in 1959. Brushstrokes increased in dynamism and force allowing vibration, rhythm and movement to flow through the materiality of the paint. Exploring the concepts of light, and colour his paintings are at once still and dynamic, meditative and probing.

 

Since 1971 he was a professor at the Berlin University of the Arts. In 1977 he took part in documenta 6 in Kassel and his works are represented in numerous museums and collections. In 1995-96 four German museums held a retrospective of his work- Sprengel Museum Hanover, Von der Heydt Museum Wuppertal, Saarlandmuseum Saarbrücken, Kunsthalle Nuremberg. This year, MKM Museum Küppersmühle für Moderne Kunst, Duisburg, held a retrospective commemorating the 20th anniversary of the artists death.

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Works
  • RAIMUND GIRKE Weisses Bild III, 1963 Mixed media on nettle 70 x 70 cm 27 1/2 x 27 1/2 inches
    RAIMUND GIRKE
    Weisses Bild III, 1963
    Mixed media on nettle
    70 x 70 cm
    27 1/2 x 27 1/2 inches
  • RAIMUND GIRKE Untitled, 1966 Tempera on canvas 95.5 x 70.3 cm 37 5/8 x 27 5/8 inches
    RAIMUND GIRKE
    Untitled, 1966
    Tempera on canvas
    95.5 x 70.3 cm
    37 5/8 x 27 5/8 inches
  • RAIMUND GIRKE Labiles Gleichgewicht (Unstable Weight), 1966 Oil on canvas 105 x 105 cm 41 3/8 x 41 3/8 inches
    RAIMUND GIRKE
    Labiles Gleichgewicht (Unstable Weight), 1966
    Oil on canvas
    105 x 105 cm
    41 3/8 x 41 3/8 inches
  • RAIMUND GIRKE Kreuz im Quadrat, 1968 Oil on canvas 114 x 114 cm 44 7/8 x 44 7/8 inches
    RAIMUND GIRKE
    Kreuz im Quadrat, 1968
    Oil on canvas
    114 x 114 cm
    44 7/8 x 44 7/8 inches
  • RAIMUND GIRKE, Horizontale / Grau, 1968
    RAIMUND GIRKE, Horizontale / Grau, 1968
  • RAIMUND GIRKE Untitled, 1969 Oil on canvas 115 x 105 cm 45 1/4 x 41 3/8 inches
    RAIMUND GIRKE
    Untitled, 1969
    Oil on canvas
    115 x 105 cm
    45 1/4 x 41 3/8 inches
  • RAIMUND GIRKE Progression BR I, 1970 Tempera on canvas 95 x 72 cm 37 3/8 x 28 3/8 inches
    RAIMUND GIRKE
    Progression BR I, 1970
    Tempera on canvas
    95 x 72 cm
    37 3/8 x 28 3/8 inches
  • RAIMUND GIRKE Progression BR V, 1970 Oil on canvas 95 x 72 cm 37 3/8 x 28 3/8 inches
    RAIMUND GIRKE
    Progression BR V, 1970
    Oil on canvas
    95 x 72 cm
    37 3/8 x 28 3/8 inches
  • RAIMUND GIRKE Progression BR VII, 1970 Oil on canvas 95 x 72 cm 37 3/8 x 28 3/8 inches
    RAIMUND GIRKE
    Progression BR VII, 1970
    Oil on canvas
    95 x 72 cm
    37 3/8 x 28 3/8 inches
  • RAIMUND GIRKE Drehung I, 1970 Oil on canvas 105 x 105 cm 41 3/8 x 41 3/8 inches
    RAIMUND GIRKE
    Drehung I, 1970
    Oil on canvas
    105 x 105 cm
    41 3/8 x 41 3/8 inches
  • RAIMUND GIRKE Untitled, 1972 Oil on canvas 110 x 110 cm 43 1/4 x 43 1/4 inches
    RAIMUND GIRKE
    Untitled, 1972
    Oil on canvas
    110 x 110 cm
    43 1/4 x 43 1/4 inches
  • RAIMUND GIRKE Untitled, 1965 Tempera on canvas 60 x 60 cm 23 5/8 x 23 5/8 inches
    RAIMUND GIRKE
    Untitled, 1965
    Tempera on canvas
    60 x 60 cm
    23 5/8 x 23 5/8 inches
  • RAIMUND GIRKE Fluktuation II, 1965 Tempera on canvas 60 x 60 cm 23 5/8 x 23 5/8 inches
    RAIMUND GIRKE
    Fluktuation II, 1965
    Tempera on canvas
    60 x 60 cm
    23 5/8 x 23 5/8 inches
  • RAIMUND GIRKE Unruhige Mitte, 1965 Tempera on canvas 60 x 60 cm 23 5/8 x 23 5/8 inches
    RAIMUND GIRKE
    Unruhige Mitte, 1965
    Tempera on canvas
    60 x 60 cm
    23 5/8 x 23 5/8 inches
  • RAIMUND GIRKE Untitled (RN20890), 1967 Graphite on paper 10 x 10 cm 4 x 4 inches
    RAIMUND GIRKE
    Untitled (RN20890), 1967
    Graphite on paper
    10 x 10 cm
    4 x 4 inches
  • RAIMUND GIRKE Untitled (RN20895), 1967 Graphite on paper 10 x 10 cm 4 x 4 inches
    RAIMUND GIRKE
    Untitled (RN20895), 1967
    Graphite on paper
    10 x 10 cm
    4 x 4 inches
  • RAIMUND GIRKE Nr 11 Aquarell (grey-blue), 1969 Gouache on paper 14 x 14 cm 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches
    RAIMUND GIRKE
    Nr 11 Aquarell (grey-blue), 1969
    Gouache on paper
    14 x 14 cm
    5 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches
  • RAIMUND GIRKE Nr 13 Aquarell (rosa), 1969 Gouache on paper 14 x 14 cm 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches
    RAIMUND GIRKE
    Nr 13 Aquarell (rosa), 1969
    Gouache on paper
    14 x 14 cm
    5 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches
  • RAIMUND GIRKE Nr 15 Aquarell (blue), 1971 Gouache on paper 15 x 15 cm 5 7/8 x 5 7/8 inches
    RAIMUND GIRKE
    Nr 15 Aquarell (blue), 1971
    Gouache on paper
    15 x 15 cm
    5 7/8 x 5 7/8 inches
  • RAIMUND GIRKE Nr 21 Aquarell (blue), 1972 Gouache handmade paper 31 x 26 cm 12 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches
    RAIMUND GIRKE
    Nr 21 Aquarell (blue), 1972
    Gouache handmade paper
    31 x 26 cm
    12 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches
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