A Gesture of Color
Paintings and Sculptures, 1947-2004
Published on 25. April 2016
Book
Hardback
80 pages
978-3-944874-48-7 (ISBN)
Description
Karel Appel (1921-2006) is perhaps the most renowned Dutch artist of the latter half of the twentieth century and one of founding members of the avant-garde Cobra group. Marking the tenth anniversary of the artist's death, this survey of twenty-two paintings and sculptures provides a fresh look at an oeuvre that goes beyond the 1950s, spanning more than sixty years. A Gesture of Color revisits Appel's early interest in children's art, his stylistic experiments, and his highly personal - and sometimes almost abstract - interpretation of traditional subjects like the nude, the portrait, and the urban or rural landscape.
Reviews / Votes
It was a nice cross-section of a deliberately uneven oeuvre. The Washington Post, June 22 2016 I put this... in my worth seeing" category: It's useful, and it leaves you with a good, clear sense of an artist. The Washington Post, June 22 2016 Appel pushed his studio practice to extremeshis endless experimentation with styles and methods of painting confound categorization, from the early playful and childlike tableaux to his late theatrical sculptural fantasies" that combine painting and photography with found objects and infused with African, Indonesian, and Native American mythologies. -- Felicia Rodrigues dos Santos Dutch Culture USA, May 31 2016 There's a striking degree of variety in each of the works, in terms of both subject matter and medium. There's almost sixty years of a man's life on these walls. -- Joseph Franco BrightestYoungThings, June 17 2016 Appel's early interest in children's art, his stylistic experiments and his personal, sometimes abstract interpretations of traditional subjects are covered. -- Cameron Niemand Home & Design The exhibition revisits Appel's early interest in children's art, his stylistic experiments, and his highly personaland sometimes almost abstractinterpretation of traditional subjects like the nude, the portrait, and the urban or rural landscape. The Georgetown Dish, May 30 2016More details
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Karel Appel (1921-2006) is one of the most renowned Dutch artists of the latter half of the twentieth century and one of founding members of the avant-garde Cobra group.