In this regard, the selection of artists presented and their works is based on the very personal view of the curator, Friedhelm Hütte, who has been responsible for the Deutsche Bank Collection for many years now and has thus had a decisive influence on the incorporation of abstract tendencies of contemporary art in the collection. In relation to the exhibition, it refers to the artists’ diverse “ways” of creating non-representational visual worlds and to the equally varied ways that viewers can perceive and interpret them individually.
JOHN BERGER WAYS OF SEEING THEMES SERIES
The title Ways of Seeing Abstraction is derived from John Berger’s popular BBC television series and publication Ways of Seeing from the 1970s. Also in line with this theme is the work in series with geometric variations, changing perspectives, and color schemes. Including the latter medium in the show is particularly appropriate, as silk screen, with its industrial, anonymous color surfaces, is the ideal technique for implementing constructive or concrete pictorial ideas. On display are not only drawings and photographs- as in the two previous exhibitions-but also, for the first time, significant paintings and prints. In keeping with the collection as a whole, the works on view are globally oriented, created by 47 artists from fourteen countries. The selection includes some 168 works from 1959 to 2021. And more than that: Today in particular, artists and museums are increasingly devoting themselves to this theme, in the world’s most important art metropolises and in unprecedented diversity.Īspects of contemporary abstract art, coupled with historical reminiscences, are the focus of the third exhibition showcasing works from the Deutsche Bank Collection at the PalaisPopulaire. Since its revolutionary beginnings at the dawn of the twentieth century, it has repeatedly flourished and survived all animosities, even bans.