
Michael Buthe
Retrospective
Kunstmuseum Luzern(Editor)
Hatje Cantz Verlag
1st Edition
Published in November 2015
Book
Hardback
204 pages
978-3-7757-4039-5 (ISBN)
Description
'Meine Sonne ist für mich, wie alle Bilder, ein Gebrauchsgegenstand zum Sehen, zum Fühlen, zum Träumen, zum Sich-etwas-Klarmachen', beschreibt Michael Buthe sein wiederkehrendes, zentrales Motiv. In leuchtenden Farben oder strahlendem Gold sammelt der Künstler im Rund dieses Himmelgestirns die gesamte Welt, ja den ganzen Kosmos ein. Michael Buthe kennt keine Berührungsängste: Ausgehend vom deutschen Informel und der amerikanischen Minimal Art begeistert er sich für außereuropäische Kulturen, setzt dem kühlen Konzept des Minimalismus ausgeprägte Sinnlichkeit entgegen und inspiriert das Publikum ebenso zu spirituellen wie zu gesellschaftlichen Fragestellungen. Die Retrospektive versammelt archaisch wirkende Assemblagen, leuchtende Papierarbeiten, intensiv bearbeitete Leinwände, Collagen, Gemälde in Gold und Installationen, die in ihrer Üppigkeit alle Sinne ansprechen. Die Publikation wird mit zahlreichen Abbildungen und neuen Interpretationsansätzen der ganzen Bandbreite von Buthes reichhaltigem Werk gerecht.
Ausstellungen/Exhibitions: Kunstmuseum Luzern, Luzern/Lucerne 31.10.2015-31.01.2016 Im Anschluss/further venues S.M.A.K. Gent/Ghent Haus der Kunst, München/Munich
"For me my sun is, like all paintings, a functional object for seeing, for feeling, for dreaming, for understanding" are the words Michael Buthe (1944-1994) uses to describe his recurring, central motif. With bright colors or radiant gold, the artist assembles the entire world-indeed, the entire universe-within the circle of this heavenly body. Michael Buthe has no reservations: taking his lead from German Art Informel and American Minimal Art, he is fascinated by non-European cultures, counters the cool concept of Minimalism with pronounced sensuousness, and seduces viewers into raising spiritual as well as social questions. The retrospective brings together apparently archaic assemblages, brightly colored works on paper, and intensely worked canvases, collages, and paintings in gold. The documentation of installations, which in their opulence address all the senses, also allows gaining access to Michael Buthe's spatial works.
Ausstellungen/Exhibitions: Kunstmuseum Luzern, Luzern/Lucerne 31.10.2015-31.01.2016 Im Anschluss/further venues S.M.A.K. Gent/Ghent Haus der Kunst, München/Munich
Ausstellungen/Exhibitions: Kunstmuseum Luzern, Luzern/Lucerne 31.10.2015-31.01.2016 Im Anschluss/further venues S.M.A.K. Gent/Ghent Haus der Kunst, München/Munich
"For me my sun is, like all paintings, a functional object for seeing, for feeling, for dreaming, for understanding" are the words Michael Buthe (1944-1994) uses to describe his recurring, central motif. With bright colors or radiant gold, the artist assembles the entire world-indeed, the entire universe-within the circle of this heavenly body. Michael Buthe has no reservations: taking his lead from German Art Informel and American Minimal Art, he is fascinated by non-European cultures, counters the cool concept of Minimalism with pronounced sensuousness, and seduces viewers into raising spiritual as well as social questions. The retrospective brings together apparently archaic assemblages, brightly colored works on paper, and intensely worked canvases, collages, and paintings in gold. The documentation of installations, which in their opulence address all the senses, also allows gaining access to Michael Buthe's spatial works.
Ausstellungen/Exhibitions: Kunstmuseum Luzern, Luzern/Lucerne 31.10.2015-31.01.2016 Im Anschluss/further venues S.M.A.K. Gent/Ghent Haus der Kunst, München/Munich
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Language
English
Illustrations
ca. 100 Abb.
Dimensions
Height: 280 mm
Width: 240 mm
ISBN-13
978-3-7757-4039-5 (9783775740395)
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