Imi Knoebel
“If you want to do something, to stay alive, you have to think of something radical.”
Minimalist Abstract Art
Imi Knoebel, purist explorations of form, color, space, material and support have made him an important and formative voice in 20th-century Minimalist abstract art.
Knoebel was born in Dessau, Germany, in 1940. Minimalist hybrids of painting and sculpture explore relationships between color and structure. Knoebel’s nonrepresentational works innovate on the modernist ideas and styles of Joseph Beuys, Kazimir Malevich, and the Bauhaus; the artist is interested in seriality, spare geometries, reductive color, and the use of industrial materials such as Masonite. Knoebel studied under Beuys at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf and under László Moholy-Nagy at the Werkkunstschule Darmstadt; he has exhibited in Berlin, New York, Paris, Zürich, Tokyo, London, Vienna, and Rome. His work belongs in the collections of the Essl Museum, the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, the Museo Reina Sofía, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Museum of Modern Art. While Knoebel is best known for his sculptural paintings, his practice also involves drawing, photography, projections, and installation. His work has sold for six figures at auction.
I thought: everything has been done already. Yves Klein has painted his canvas blue, Lucia Fontana has cut slashes into his. What’s left? If you want to do something, to stay alive, you have to think of something at least as radical.
Knoebel employs a pared-down, formal vocabulary, his artistic practice is remarkably varied, encompassing painting, sculpture, drawing, photography, projections and installations.
Knoebel’s oeuvre is dominated by large-scale, modular shapes and commanding color relationships, devoid of metaphor and allusion. Although Knoebel employs a pared-down, formal vocabulary, his artistic practice is remarkably varied, encompassing painting, sculpture, drawing, photography, projections and installations.
Imi Knoebel drew formative influence from early Modernism in his consistent return to the notion of pure perception through the exploration of form and color. While his early pieces were black and white, as in the series “Linienbildern” (Line Paintings) (1966-69), he began to explore vibrant, saturated color in 1974 with his friend and classmate Blinky Palermo, to whom he would dedicate “24 Farben für Blinky” (“24 Colors for Blinky”) (1977), a series of brightly colored irregular shapes.
Imi Knoebel lives and works in Düsseldorf. He was the subject of solo museum exhibitions at Museum Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich, Switzerland (2018); Museum Haus Lange und Haus Esters, Krefeld, Germany (2015); Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, K21, Düsseldorf, Germany (2015); Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany (2014); Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig, Germany (2011); Gemeentemuseum, The Hague (2010); Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin (2009); Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin (2009); Dia:Beacon, New York (2008); Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany (2004); Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover, Germany (2002); Institut Valencià d’Art Modern, Valencia, Spain (1997); Kunstmuseum Luzern, Switzerland (1997); Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany (1996); and Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (1996). His work has been collected by prestigious public and private collections worldwide.
From 1962 to 1964, Knoebel attended the Werkkunstschule in Darmstadt, where he took courses in structural design and constructive composition, according to the ideas of the Bauhaus artists Johannes Itten (Swiss, 1888–1967) and Lászlo Moholy-Nagy (Hungarian, 1885–1946). There, he met Imi Giese in 1964. Together, the two transferred to the Düsseldorfer Kunstakademie, where they both took a class with Joseph Beuys (German, 1921–1986). Knoebel began to create analytical works, with an interplay of colors and forms. Together with a few fellow students, he formed a Minimalist Art movement.
Knoebel initially dealt mainly with line images, light projections, and white images, and took a strong reductionist position. Beginning in 1974, he began to use color. In the same decade, he experimented with superimposed colored wood and aluminum panels and slats, which he used in certain spatial relations to each other, creating scale sculptures.
Knoebel was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Friedrich Schiller University Jena in 2006. In 2011, he created several stained glass windows for the Reims Cathedral. He is the recipient of numerous art awards, and his works can be seen in exhibitions around the world.
Photo: courtesy Galerie Thomas Modern
Countering romanticism, the central tradition of German art, Knoebel revives the purity of utopian modernism, using pared down forms of constructivism to take his painting to a zero point. He attempts expression without representation or the restrictions of ideological painting programs. The goal is to purify and cleanse the present from the past and to start again, relying on new materials and aesthetic forms to move forward. Painters who came of age in the postwar era dealt with a fresh cultural memory of the ascendency and fall of German nationalism, West Germany’s rapid economic recovery and expansion after the demise of fascism, and the division and subsequent union of East and West Germany during the communist era. Knoebel’s approach was to look for the basic roots of art, which he felt were not in rhetoric but in things, in the simple interaction between humans and the essential conditions of their world
The Latinists series, 1987, clearly shows many of Knoebel’s concerns and interests. The forms, like those of American minimalism, are rudimentary (squares, rectangles, parallelograms) as are the materials of fiberboard, unused stretcher bars, and flat industrial white paint. Unlike American minimalism, however, Knoebel’s intention has nothing to do with finding a rational, positivist center by which to make art. Instead, his spare starting points become the criteria from which Knoebel’s intuitions take over, leading him to arrange his humble materials in ways that appeal to his aesthetic experiences and his perceptions of beautiful composition. The results are paintings that play into the realm of sculpture, retaining the basic figure/ground and picture plane conditions of a painting but extending off the wall and into the space, activating the room.
Biography
Knoebel has exhibited widely throughout his career, including solo shows at Haus Der Kunst in Munich (1996), Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam (1996) and Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin (2009). In 2011, the historic Reims Cathedral inaugurated a series of six monumental stained glass panes created by Knoebel on the occasion of its 800th anniversary. His work can also be found in the public collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Dia:Beacon in Beacon, New York, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, and the Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris. Knoebel currently lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany.
Education
- 1964 – 1971 Academy of Arts, Düsseldorf, Germany
Awards
- 2016 Officier des Arts et des Lettres, Haus der Stiftungen, Düsseldorf, Germany
- 2011 Kythera-Prize, Düsseldorf, Germany
- 2008 Glass Windows, Cathedral Reims, France
- 2006 Honorary doctor of the Friedrich Schiller Universität, Jena, Germany
Solo Exhibitions
2022
- Galerie Jochen Hempel, Leipzig, Germany
2021
Dia:Beacon, New York, NY, USA
Galerie Bärbel Grässlin, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2020
Galerie Bärbel Grässlin, Frankfurt am Main, GermanyWhite Cube, London, UK
2019
Galerie Heinrich Ehrhardt, Madrid, Spain
Jahn und Jahn, Munich, Germany
Patrick De Brock Gallery, Knokke, Belgium
Galerie Fahneman, Berlin, Germany
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
Kewenig, Berlin, Germany
2018
Museum Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich, Switzerland
Galerie Christian Lethert, Cologne, Germany
2017
New Works, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
Bilder, Skulpturenpark Waldfrieden, Wuppertal, Germany
Drachenlinien, Galerie nächst St. Stephan, Vienna, Austria
Tisch des Monats, Hetjens Deutsches Keramikmuseum, Düsseldorf, Germany
Zeichnungen, Jahn und Jahn, Munich, Germany
Galerie von Bartha, Basel, Switzerland
VEB Kontor, Galerie Bärbel Grässlin, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Galerie Filomena Soares, Lisbon, Portugal
2016
Multiples, Galerie Stepahnaie Jaax, Brussels, Belgium
Liaison Astéroïde, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
Red Yellow Blue, Museum der Bildenden Künste, Leipzig, Germany
Imi Knoebel – Fernand Léger: une rencontre, Musée National Fernand Léger, Biot, France
2015
Linienbilder 1966-68, Villa Griesebach, Berlin, Germany
Triller, Galerie Heinrich Ehrhardt, Madrid, Spain Anima Mundi, Galerie Thomas Modern, Munich, Germany Malewitsch zu Ehren, K21 Ständehaus, Düsseldorf, GermanyKernstücke, Museum Haus Esters, Krefeld, Germany Linienbilder 1966-68, Villa Grisebach, Düsseldorf, Germany Inside the White Cube, White Cube (Bermondsey), London, UK Recent Works, Patrick De Brock Gallery, Knokke, Belgium Galerie Bärbel Grässlin, Frankfurt am Main, GermanyWeiß – Schwarz, Galerie Fahnemann, Berlin, Germany
Inauguration of Imi Knoebel’s glass windows for the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Reims (May 11, 2015), Reims, France
2014
Rosa Ort, Galerie Kewenig, Berlin, Germany
Position, Galerie Bernard Jordan, Zürich, Switzerland Arbeiten aus den Jahren 1970-2014, Galerie Fahnemann, Berlin, Germany
Imi Knoebel, Works 1966 – 2014, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany Raum 19 IV, Galerie Christian Lethert, Cologne, Germany
Position, Catherine Putman Galerie, Paris, France
Mahlzeit, Galerie Bärbel Grässlin, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2013 Das und Das, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
Galerie von Bartha, S-chanf, Switzerland
LUEB, Barbel Grasslin, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Position, Jordan/Seydoux, Berlin, Germany
Eine Ausstellung, Parkhaus, Düsseldorf, Germany
Akira Ikeda Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Galerie Hans Strelow, Düsseldorf
2012
Hirschfaktor, Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe, Germany
The Third Room, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
Vera Munro Gallery, Hamburg, Germany
Galerie Clemens Fahnemann, Berlin, Germany
Galerie Hans Strelow, Düsseldorf, Germany
24 Colors – For Blinky, Dia:Beacon, Dia Art Foundation, NY, USA
2011
Werke aus der Sammlung Schaufler, Schauwerk Sindelfingen, Sindelfingen, Germany
Rosenkranz Kubus X, Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig, Germany
Kartoffelbilder, Galerie nächst St. Stephan, Vienna, Austria
Design of the gothic windows for the Cathedral of Reims, Reims, France
Weiss Schwarz, Galerie Bärbel Grässlin, Frankfurt
2010
Weiss – Schwarz, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
Mary Boone Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Der Deutsche, Giacomo Guidi Arte Contemporanea, Rome, Italy
Just love me, MUDAM – Musée d’art moderne grand-duc Jean, Luxembourg
2009
Ich Nicht und Enduros, Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin, Germany
Zu Hilfe, Zu Hilfe…, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany
Werke aus der Sammlung Siegfried und Jutta Weishaupt, Kunsthalle Weishaupt, Ulm, Germany
Joseph Beuys and His Students – SSM – Sakip Sabanci Müzesi, Istanbul, Turkey
Galerie Fahnemann, Berlin
7 x 14 – Jubiläumsausstellung, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Germany
2008 Concept Space, Gunma, Japan
24 Colors – for Blinky, Dia:Beacon, Beacon, New York
Knife Cuts, Dia Art Foundation, The Dan Flavin Art Institute, Bridgehampton, New York
2007
Imi Knoebel – Werke 1966-2006, Wilhelm Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen, Germany
Anthony McCall and Imi Knoebel, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, USA
Galerie St. Johann, Saarbrücken, Germany
Amor intellectualis, Galerie Hans Strelow, Düsseldorf, Germany
Mennigebilder, Galerie Fahnemann, Berlin, Germany Galeria Helga de Alvear, Madrid, Spain
Editions, Galeria La Caja Negra, Madrid, Spain
2006
abstrakt/abstract, Museum Moderner Kunst Kärnten, Klagenfurt, Austria
Concept Space, Gunma, Japan
Werke von 1966 bis 2006, Friedrich Schiller Universität, Jena, Germany
IMI für Deutschland, Fahnemann Projects, Berlin
An Meine Grüne Seite, Galeria Jule Kewenig, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Primary Structures 1966/2006, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, UK Galeria Filomena Soares, Lissabon, Portugal
2005
Blinky Palermo – Imi Knoebel, KunstHaus Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
New Works, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac Paris, France
Galerie Vera Munro, Hamburg, Germany
9 von 24 Farben – für Blinky, Kunsthalle Harry Graf Kessler, Weimar, Germany
2004
Imi Knoebel, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
Galerie Wilma Lock, St. Gallen
Fotografie 1968-1974, Kunstraum 21, Cologne Galerie Lelong, Zürich, Switzerland
2003
Pure Freude, Akira Ikeda Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Galeria Helga de Alvear, Madrid, Spain
Fahnemann Projekte, Berlin, Germany
Akira Ikeda Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2002
Kunstverein Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
Jensen Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Galleria Salvatore + Caroline Ala, Milan, Italy
Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover, Germany
Künstlerverein Malkasten, Düsseldorf, Germany
Kunstraum 21, Cologne, Germany
Galerie Nächst St. Stephan, Wien, Austria
Kunstverein Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
2001
KUCKUCKE, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
Viele Grüße, Galerie Bärbel Grässlin, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
1999
Ajun Musa, Galerie Bärbel Grässlin, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Mennige-Serie, ifa-Galerie, Bonn, Germany
Galerie Lea Gredt, Luxembourg
Coming Out, Galerie Vera Munro, Hamburg, Germany
New Works, Akira Ikeda Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
1998
Galerie am Lindenplatz, Schaan, Lichtenstein
Galerie Fahnemann, Berlin, GermanyInstitut, Düsseldorf, Germany
Art & Public, Geneva, Switzerland
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Switzerland
1997
Retrospectiva 1968-1996, IVAM Centre del Carme, Valencia, Spain
Jablonka Galerie, Cologne, Germany
Galerie Bärbel Grässlin, Frankfurt, Germany
Eine Ausstellung, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Germany
Tag und Nacht & Bunt, Kunstmuseum Luzern, Luzern, Germany
Oeuvres 1968-1996, Musée de Grenoble, Grenoble, France
Galeria Helga de Alvear, Madrid, Spain
Projektionen 1968-1974, Galerie Walcheturm, Zürich, Switzerland
Galerie Erhard Klein, Bad Münstereifel, Germany
1996
Works 1968-1996, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Retrospektive 1968 – 1996, IVAM – Institut Valencià d’Art Modern, Valencia, Spain
Kunstverein Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
Zeichnungen, Galerie Fahnemann, Berlin, Germany,
Rot Gelb Weiss Blau, Ludwigforum, Aachen, Germany
Jena Bilder, Kunsthistorisches Seminar, Kustodie und Institut für Philosophie, Jena, Germany
Linienbilder 1966-68, Kunstverein St. Gallen Kunstmuseum, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Zeichnungen 1972-74, Galerie Wilma Lock, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Rot-Weiss, Deutsche Bank, Luxembourg
Grace Kelly, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, South Korea
Imi Knoebel, Deutsche Bank, Travelling Exhibition
Akira Ikeda Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Imi Knoebel Retrospektive 1968-1996, Haus der Kunst, München, Germany
1995
Rot Gelb Weiss Blau, Galerie Wilma Lock, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Works on paper, Goethe Institut Gallery, London, UK
Rot Gelb Weiss Blau, Stadtgalerie Kulturring Sundern, Germany
Rot Gelb Weiss Blau, Galerie Six Friedrich, München, Germany
Rot Gelb Weiss Blau, Moderna Galeria, Ljublijana, Slovenia
1994
Galerie Six Friedrich, München, Germany
Achenbach Kunsthandel, Düsseldorf, Germany
Odyshape, Galerie Hans Strelow, Düsseldorf, Germany
Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Art, Japan Phosphorsandwiches, Museum Friedericianum, Kassel, Germany
Rot Gelb Weiss Blau, Galerie Grässlin, Frankfurt, Germany
Rot Gelb Weiss Blau, Galerie Nächst St. Stephan, Vienna, Austria
Rot Gelb Weiss Blau, Städtische Kunstsammlungen, Chemnitz, Germany
8 Bilder, Galerie Fahnemann, Berlin, Germany
1993
Portraits, Kanransha, Tokyo, Japan
Sittin’ in the morning sun, Galerie Vera Munro, Hamburg, Germany
Galerie Six Friedrich, München, Germany
Akira Ikeda Gallery, Taura, Japan
Zeichnungen, Städtische Galerie, Quakenbrück, Germany
1992
Rot-Weiss, Kunsthaus Lempertz, Brussels, Belgium
Mennigebilder, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany
Raum 19-II, Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt, Germany
Projekt: Mennigebilder, Galerie Fahnemann, Berlin, Germany
Eigentum Himmelreich, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Portraits et les Autres, Gilbert Brownstone & Cie., Paris, France
Portraits, Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem, Belgium
Patrick De Brock Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
1991
Galerie Hans Strelow, Düsseldorf, Germany
Galerie Grässlin-Ehrhard, Frankfurt, Germany
Grace Kelly, Akira Ikeda Gallery, Taura, Japan
Betoni & Cementi, Kanransha, Tokyo, Japan
Galerie Nächst St. Stephan, Vienna, Austria
Grace Kelly, Achim Kubinski, Cologne, Germany
Portraits, Galerie Fahnemann, Berlin, Germany
Rot-Weiss, Maximilian-Verlag Sabine Knust, München, Germany
Galerie Six Friedrich, Munich, Germany
Mennigebilder & Oktoberstück, le consortium & l’usine, Dijon, France
Battle Paintings, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY, USA
1990
Canapé Monochrome, Galerie Hans Strelow, Düsseldorf, Germany
Betoni, Galerie Jahn und Fusban, München, Germany
Betoni, Primo Piano, Rome, Italy
Betoni, Galerie Vera Munro, Hamburg, Germany
1989
Imi Knoebel, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Torsi, Fred Hoffman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
daß die Geschichte zusammenbleibt, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY, USA
daß die Geschichte zusammenbleibt, Achim Kubinski, Cologne, Germany
Frauenstücke, Kanransha, Tokyo, Japan
Frauenstücke, Galerie Vera Munro, Hamburg, Germany
1988
Bilder, Galerie Rudolf Zwirner, Cologne, Germany
Galerie Annette Gmeiner, Stuttgart, Germany
Galerie Erhard Klein, Bonn, Germany
Sammlung Ingrid und Hugo Jung, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerp, Belgium
1987
Die Lateiner, Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Zürich, Switzerland
Galerie Hock, Krefeld, Germany
Die Holzfällerin, Achim Kubinski, Stuttgart, Germany
Imi Knoebel, Dia Art Foundation, New York, NY, US A
Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck, Asutria
1986
Figuren, Galerie Hans Strelow, Düsseldorf, Germany
Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Germany
115 Siebenecke, Galerie Erhard Klein, Bonn, Germany
Nuovi Gelati, Galerie Grässlin-Ehrhard, Frankfurt, Germany
1985
Eigentum Himmelreich, Museé Municipal, La Roche Sur Yon, France
Das Geriede, Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Otterlo, The Netherlands
Galerie Heike Curtze, Düsseldorf, Germany
Achim Kubinski, Stuttgart, Germany
Galerie Wilma Lock, St. Gallen, Switzerland
van Krimpen tekeningen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Habe und Ehre, Galerie Nächst St. Stephan, Vienna, Austria
1984
Galerie Annette Gmeiner, Kirchzarten, Germany
Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany
Heerstraße 16, Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany
Schmitz & Becker, Duisburg, Germant
Galerie Liesbeth Lips, Delft, The Netherlands
Meditation, Kanransha, Tokyo, Japan
Galerie Heinrich Ehrhardt, Frankfurt, Germany
Galerie Erhard Klein, Bonn, Germany
Im Sommer 84, Galerie Six Friedrich, München, Germany
Maximilian-Verlag Sabine Knust, München, Germany
Eigentum Himmelreich, le consortium, Dijon, France
1983
Radio Beirut, Dia Art Foundation, Cologne, Germany
Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland
Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Galerie Ascan Crone, Hamburg, Germany
Maximilian-Verlag Sabine Knust, München, Germany Bismarckstraße 50, Dia Art Foundation, Cologne, Germany
Eigentum Himmelreich, Galerie Schoof, Frankfurt, Germany
1982
Stedelijk Van-Abbe-Museum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Radio Beirut, Galerie Six Friedrich, München, Germany
Galerie Heike Curtze, Düsseldorf, Germany
Galerie Wilma Lock, St. Gallen, Switzerland
1981
Mennigebilder, Dia Art Foundation, Cologne, Germany Galerie Heinrich Ehrhardt, Madrid, Spain Galerie Erhard Klein, Bonn, Germany
1980
Drachenzeichnungen, Galerie Heike Curtze, Düsseldorf, Germany
1979
R ot Gelb Blau – 54 Messerschnitte, Galerie Heiner Friedrich, Munich, Germany
1978
Galerie Heiner Friedrich, Cologne, Germany
1977
24 Farben (für Blinky Palermo), Galerie Heiner Friedrich, Cologne, Germany Messerschnitte, Galerie Heiner Friedrich, Munich, Germany
1976
Galerie Heiner Friedrich, Cologne, GermanyGalerie Heiner Friedrich, Munich, Germany
1975
Städtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany Galerie Heiner Friedrich, Cologne, Germany
1974
Galerie Heiner Friedrich, Cologne, Germany
1973
Galerie Erhard Klein, Bonn, Germany Galerie Heiner Friedrich, Munich, Germany
1972
Projektion 4/1-11, 5/1-11, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Galerie Heiner Friedrich, Cologne, Germany
Bilder und Zeichnungen, Galerie Heiner Friedrich, Munich, Germany
Projektion X, Video-Galerie Gerry Schum, Düsseldorf, Germany
Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst, Bremerhaven, Germany
Documenta 5, Kassel, Germany
1971
Drachen, Galerie Heiner Friedrich, Munich, Germany Galerie Paul Maenz, Cologne, Germany
1970
De Utrechtse Kring, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Projektionen, art intermedia – Helmut Rywelski, Cologne, Germany
Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst, Bremerhaven, Germany art & projekt, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1969
art & projekt, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Galerie René Block, Berlin, Germany
Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst, Bremerhaven, Germany
1968
IMI + IMI, Charlottenburg, Copenhagen, DenmarkImi Art etc., Galerie René Block, Berlin, Germany
Public and Private Collections
Austria
Essl Museum – Kunst der Gegenwart, Klosterneuburg Museum der Moderne, Salzburg Albertina, Vienna
France
Carré d’Art, Nîmes Espace de l’art concret, Mouans-Sartoux FRAC – Bretagne, Rennes FRAC – Bourgogne, Dijon FRAC – Nord-Pas de Calais, Dunkerque Musée d’Art Contemporain Lyon, Lyon Musée de Grenoble, Grenoble Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg, Strasbourg
Germany
Daimler Contemporary, Berlin
Deutsche Bank Collection, Frankfurt
Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig
Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin
H2 – Zentrum für Gegenwartskunst im Glaspalast, Augsburg
Julia Stoschek Collection, Dusseldorf
Kunstammlungen Chemnitz, Chemnitz
Kunsthalle Weishaupt, Ulm
Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel
Kunstsammlungen der Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn Kunstpalais Erlangen, Erlangen
K21, Dusseldorf
Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden
Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main
Museum Ritter, Waldenbuch
Sammlung Falckenberg, Hamburg
Sammlung Goetz, Munich
Sammlung Reinking, Hamburg
Sammlung Schroth, Soest
Sammlung Wemhöner, Berlin
SCHAUWERK Sindelfingen, Sindelfingen
Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach
Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe
Japan
Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Toyota Aichi
Liechtenstein
Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz
Luxembourg
Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg
Musée national d’histoire et d’art Luxembourg, Luxembourg
The Netherlands Bonnefanten museum, Maastricht Gemeente museum Den Haag, The Hague Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede
Portugal
Berardo Museum, Lisbon Serralves Foundation Museum of Contemporary Art, Porto
South Korea
National Museum of Contemporary Art Korea, Gwacheon
Spain
Centro de Artes Visuales Helga de Alvear, Cáceres
Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela
Fundación Barrié, Coruña
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid
Es Baluard Museu d’Art Modern, Palma de Mallorca
Tenerife Espacio de las Artes, Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Sweden
Malmö Konsthall, Malmö
Switzerland
Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur
Kunstmuseum St Gallen, St Gallen
US
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Broad Contemporary Art Museum, Santa Monica, CA
Dia: Beacon, Beacon, NY
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY
Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL
