Imi Knoebel

Imi Knoebel (b. 1940, Dessau), one of the most prominent, post-war German artists, exhibits for the third time at Deweer Gallery. His work has already been shown in Otegem in the nineties, during the group show ‘To Return to Base’ (1991) and the solo exhibition ‘Porträts’ (1992) featuring four legendary images of the idea ‘portrait’.

In his artistic practice Imi Knoebel resolutely opts for geometric abstraction and playful variants, which find expression through various media. From drawing, painting and sculpture to photography, projection and installation. As heir of Malevich, Mondriaan and the Bauhaus, he investigates the fundamentals of painting: form, color and material - and their relation to architecture. Noteworthy are his choice for minimal compositions, his deliberate - subtle or just very commanding - use of color and his exploration of basic materials such as aluminum. One of his most legendary works is 'Raum 19' (1968), a gigantic installation consisting of elementary basic forms in wood and fibreboard, which he designed as a student and pupil of Joseph Beuys. In addition, his stained-glass windows (realized in 2011 and 2015) for the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Reims, France, are world-famous.