Exhibitions - Review

The great reception of our exhibition encouraged us to show you another essential installation by Joseph Beuys: Eine Straßenaktion, 1971 arising from the action at the ‘Hohe Strasse’ in Cologne in 1971. more...

We cordially invite you and your friends to the presentation of the installation on Thursday, March 1, 2012, at 7.00 p.m. at Tuerkenstrasse 16.

To mark the occasion, we are extending our Joseph Beuys exhibition until 31 March, 2012.

image © Galerie Thomas Modern I VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2012

Video about Peter Halley in Munich
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_avLkSvL6KE

Press article in New York Observer:
"Peter Halley’s New Gallery in Germany. The New York artist is outside the box"

Videoclip: Hermann Nitsch in Munich

A cooperation between Galerie Thomas Modern and the Bavarian State Opera

Hermann Nitsch, important representative of Viennese Actionism and internationally renowned artist, staged for the first time at the Bayerische Staatsoper and was honoured with a week-long exhibition of his works from the past 25 years at Galerie Thomas Modern at Tuerkenstrasse 16.

Bayerische Staatsoper:
Opening of the Munich Opera Festival with the premiere of the new production of Olivier Messiaens "Saint François d'Assise" on July 1, 2011. Further performances: July 5/10, 2011
www.staatsoper.de

We would like to thank the Nitsch Foundation for the cooperation.
www.nitsch-foundation.com

Exhibition 'Hermann Nitsch' with daily changing events from July 1 - 6, 2011
programme

From May 5 to July 23, 2011 we simultaneously showed a comprehensive exhibition, utilizing the locations of our two autonomous galleries, Galerie Thomas at Maximilianstrasse and Galerie Thomas Modern at Tuerkenstrasse. We presented selected works from 1900 to the present day, which addressed artistic work within family constellations. Artworks by spouses, common law partnerships, parents and children as well as siblings built the centre of the exhibition 'Familiy Ties'.

 Opening November 25, 2009

With Josef Albers—Donald Judd—Peter Halley, Galerie Thomas showcased works by three protagonists of the abstract art of the 20th/21st century who intensely dealt with the various aspects of colour and form.

On occasion of the 70th birthday of Frank Stella and in the framework of OPEN ART, we showcased a selection of his works included in the group of three-dimensional objects inspired by Heinrich von Kleist as well as other works from earlier creative phases.

“What you see is what you see.” With this statement, the artist summarised the basic philosophy of his work: the viewer shall be able to see and experience it without previous knowledge.

His Minimalist Black Paintings that were first exhibited in 1959 give special emphasis to surface. They show black stripes, arranged as symmetrical patterns, with light stripes of canvas between them.
Already in 1970, a large retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art in New York allowed the then 34-year-old artist to draw a first balance of his works.
In the early 1970s, Stella blurred the borders between painting and relief with his series of Shaped Canvases.
In the 1980s, he ventured further into the third dimension by creating hanging sculptures which he called paintings: “A sculpture is but a painting that has been cut out and set up somewhere.” In the 1990s, he had fully arrived at three-dimensionality with a series of dense, abstract sculptures made of found and cast pieces of metal. Inspired by the works of the German poet Heinrich von Kleist, he created an unparalleled complex of works. These often large-format structures—coloured at first, but then unpainted—with their winding, bending, and layered shapes convey a sense of pulsating spontaneity.

“I find sometimes I get so excited working, especially when starting new ideas; I get so excited that I get uncomfortable. It almost feels... like I’m flirting with something dangerous.” Tom Wesselmann

The exhibition offered a comprehensive overview of the works of this major representative of Pop Art. During the opening, the gallery served POPcorn and Prosecco.

"I love putting things together. I have realised that my way of thinking is collage.”   Louise Nevelson 1975      

Louise Nevelson, born 1899 in Kiev as the daughter of a timber merchant, is now considered the most famous American female sculptor, a legend in her own lifetime on account of her powerful works, her striking beauty, and her unconventional lifestyle. 

Her wall-filling objects are marked by their consistent monochrome colours—often black, but sometimes white or gold—which release the heterogeneous elements from their original purpose and subject them to new aesthetic categories.