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Günther Förg

Born 1952 in Füssen, Germany. Died 2013 in Freiburg, Germany.

Editions


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    Häuser und Fenster, 1987

    Portfolio of 9 color lithographs
    Format: 60,7 x 50,8 cm, im Passepartout: 70,5 x 53,5 cm
    Paper size: 60,7 x 50,8 cm,
    with passepartout: 70,5 x 53,5 cm
    Edition: 15

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    Canto, 1990

    Portfolio of 7 colored woodcuts
    paper: 86 x 75,8 cm,
    stocks: 79,5 x 69,5 cm
    Edition: 10

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    Stedelijkbilder, Serie von 6 Farbradierungen und einem Titelblatt
    # 5, 1995/98

    Etching
    Papier: je 67 x 109, bzw. 109 x 67cm, versch. Plattengrößen
    Edition: 12

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    o.T. (Motiv 4), 1992/93

    Aquatinta-Radierung in Blau
    Papier: 218,9 cm x 118 cm
    Platte: 200 cm x 99,3 cm
    Edition: 10

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    o.T. 1., 1992/93

    Aquatinta-Radierung in Schwarz
    Papier: 218,9 cm x 118 cm
    Platte: 200 cm x 99,3 cm
    Edition: 10

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    BAUHAUS
    7 Photogravures after photographs by the artist, 1993

    Photogravure on Somerset Bütten 300g
    39,5 x 30,3 cm
    Edition: 15

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    Serie von 43 Farbradierungen (Nylo Prints), 1994

    color etching
    Papier: 49 x 34,5 cm
    Platten: 30,8 x 23,6 cm
    Edition: 12

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    Serie von 43 Farbradierungen (Nylo Prints), 1994

    color etching
    Papier: 49 x 34,5 cm
    Platten: 30,8 x 23,6 cm
    Edition: 12

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About

BIOGRAPHY

Günther Förgs career began in the early 1970s as a student at The Academy of Fine Art Munich, where he himself became a professor in 1999. In 1992 he exhibited at the documenta in Kassel. The same year he started as a professor at the Staatliche Hochschule für Gestaltung in Karlsruhe. In 1996 he won the prestigious Wolfgang Hahn Prize, which is awarded annually by the Gesellschaft für Moderne Kunst at the Museum Ludwig in Cologne.

ABOUT HIS WORK

Förg is an abstract German painter, sculptor and photographer whose works reveal a lifelong fascination with modernism.From the monochrome paintings of his early work to his photographs of culturally or politically relevant architecture, Förg always engaged with the legacy of the great avant-garde movements of the 20th century. Architectual influences can also be detected in his paintings. In the 1990s he created many of his largeformat grid (Gitter) paintingsThe artist knows to combinea geometric rationality of form with an intuitive use of color that is able to create moods, thus allowing an interesting dialog to develop.

LATEST EXIBITHIONS

2023 
Hauser & Wirth, ‘Günther Förg. Tupfenbilder,’ London, UK 
2022
Galerie Max Hetzler, 'Günther Förg. Exposition Collective 1974-2007', Berlin, Germany 
2021
Tarmak22, 'Günther Förg. Mostly Landscapes', Gstaad, Switzerland
Hauser & Wirth, 'Günther Förg. Appearance', Los Angeles CA 
Almine Rech Gallery, 'Günther Förg. A Game of Chess', Paris, France 
2020 
Max Hetzler Gallery, 'Günther Förg', London, UK 
Galerie Edouard Malingue, 'Günther Förg', Hong Kong 
Galerie Lelong, 'Günther Förg. "Standomi un giorno solo a la fenestra...”', Paris, France 
Galerie Bärbel Grässlin, 'Günther Förg. Ohne Titel, 2008', Frankfurt am Main, Germany 
Hauser & Wirth, 'Günther Förg. Surface of Bronze', Zurich, Switzerland 
Galerie Mikael Andersen, 'Günther Förg. Works 1988-2007', Copenhagen, Denmark 
2019 
Hauser & Wirth, 'Günther Förg. Works from 1986-2007', New York NY
Luxembourg & Dayan, 'Förg: from and against Modernism (with a response by Fischli & Weiss)', London, UK 
Galerie Michael Fuchs, 'Günther Förg. Bleibilder', Berlin, Germany 
La Biennale di Venezia, 'Förg in Venice', Palazzo Contarini Polignac at the 58th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy 
2018
Dallas Museum of Art, 'A Fragile Beauty', Dallas TX (Travelling Exhibition) 
Stedelijk Museum, 'A Fragile Beauty', Amsterdam, Netherlands (Travelling Exhibition) 
Almine Rech Gallery, 'Günther Förg', London, UK 
Kunstverein Reutlingen, 'Gemälde, Bleibilder und Werke auf Papier 1976-2007', Reutlingen, Germany 
B Scene, 'Günther Förg. Bouquet', Antwerpen, Belgium 



Publications

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    Günther Förg

    Günther Förg - Moskau / Moscow

    Text by Heinrich Klotz
    Language: English, German
    288 pages
    345 pics.
    Günther Förg, Gertrude Klotz ans Snoeck Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Cologne

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    Günther Förg

    Günther Förg – 8 Aquatinten 1997 / 98
    Katalog

    6 pages
    8 color pics.
    Sabine Knust Maximilian Verlag, Munich 1998

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    Günther Förg

    Günther Förg – 8 Holzschnitte 1990
    Katalog

    13 pages
    8 color pics.
    Sabine Knust Maximilian Verlag, Munich 1990

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