Fritz Winter
13 Apr - 07 Jul 2013
FRITZ WINTER
13 April - 7 July 2013
Fritz Winter, who was born in Altenbögge, Germany, in 1905, studied at the Bauhaus between 1927 and 1930 and became one of the most important representatives of abstract art after the Second World War. The exhibition puts a focus on the close relationship between art and nature which is a recurrent theme throughout all phases of Winter's work. Winter once compared his artistic approach with the work of a scientist doing research, finding forms under the micropscope which had previously been hidden from the human eye. »I look into the essence of nature, which is becoming transparent right in front of my eyes.« In his search for laws on form that nature is based on, Winter finds organic elements which are reminiscent of cells, and crystalline sctructures flooded with light. His glance is not only directed at the details, but also towards the macrocosm of the universe. The works of selected contemporary artists like Mária Bartuszová, Björn Dahlem, Olafur Eliasson, Berta Fischer, and Wolfgang Flad show that the topics treated by Winter still play an important role today. Their exhibits are put in relation to groups of Winter's works, thus permitting a new view on his oeuvre.
13 April - 7 July 2013
Fritz Winter, who was born in Altenbögge, Germany, in 1905, studied at the Bauhaus between 1927 and 1930 and became one of the most important representatives of abstract art after the Second World War. The exhibition puts a focus on the close relationship between art and nature which is a recurrent theme throughout all phases of Winter's work. Winter once compared his artistic approach with the work of a scientist doing research, finding forms under the micropscope which had previously been hidden from the human eye. »I look into the essence of nature, which is becoming transparent right in front of my eyes.« In his search for laws on form that nature is based on, Winter finds organic elements which are reminiscent of cells, and crystalline sctructures flooded with light. His glance is not only directed at the details, but also towards the macrocosm of the universe. The works of selected contemporary artists like Mária Bartuszová, Björn Dahlem, Olafur Eliasson, Berta Fischer, and Wolfgang Flad show that the topics treated by Winter still play an important role today. Their exhibits are put in relation to groups of Winter's works, thus permitting a new view on his oeuvre.