ART
Arnulf Rainer & Dieter Roth |
Written 30 January |
Wednesday 01 April, 19:00Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, 75003 [map]
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac presents the first comprehensive exhibition of
collaborative works by
Arnulf Rainer and
Dieter Roth. This exhibition of
photographs and works on paper provides an insight into one of the most exciting partnerships between avant-garde artists during the 1970s.
Arnulf Rainer (born 1929) and Dieter Roth (1930-1998) first met in the 1960s. Rainer - who at the time was already Austriaʼs most influential contemporary artist on an international scale – invited Roth to spend some time with him in Vienna. In working sessions that went on for several days and nights, they created some 500 works together.
Rainer and Roth referred to their common efforts as “mixed and separated art” - depending on whether they were working on the same motif or whether they worked individually, finding different solutions for the same idea. The common feature of all their works seems to be an unbridled humour, which is entirely free of self-censorship and the inhibitions that usually marked both Rainer and Rothʼs individual careers as artists, thus allowing them to explore new territory. In addition, Rainer and Rothʼs common oeuvre is characterised by a mixture of all possible media.
In the collaboration with Roth, Rainerʼs invention of “expanded photography” - achieved by drawing and painting over photographed poses of the human body - was charged with humour and explosive colours. In their series of works, photography, painting, video (partly filmed by Peter Weibel), and drawing intertwine. Records, painted artistsʼ books, and publications edited by the artists themselves were an attempt to become financially autonomous and break free from the art trade - a primary concern of avant-garde artists of the 1970s.
| What: | Arnulf Rainer & Dieter Roth |
| When: | Wednesday 01 April, 19:00 |
| Where: | Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, 7 Rue Debelleyme 75003 [map] |
| Transport: | Filles Du Calvaire |
| Cost: | 0EUR |
| Phone: | 01 42 72 99 00 |
| Email: | galerie@ropac.net |
| Web: | www.ropac.net |
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