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Günther Förg

GÜNTHER FÖRG

Solo Exhibition Hauser & Wirth 27 September–20 December 2024 Zürich, Limmatstrasse
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A survey exhibition of post-war German artist Günther Förg’s works on paper, spanning over 30 years, opens in Zurich this September. Executed in a variety of materials from charcoal and oil to ink, Förg’s works on paper position him as a daring conceptualist who both incorporated and critiqued tropes of the sprawling movement known as modernism, while celebrating his distinctively sensuous approach to gestural abstraction. Förg’s prolific body of work ranges from painting and drawing to sculpture and photography, sidestepping easy categorisation by candidly appropriating and re-imagining canonical art historical references.

About the Artist

Günther Förg was born in 1952 in the region of Allgäu, Germany. His career began in the early 1970s as student at The Academy of Fine Art Munich. During his studies, Förg developed a practice grounded almost exclusively in grey and black monochrome. These early investigations into grey–also called Gitter paintings–demonstrate the beginning of a lifelong commitment to conceptualism. As he stated, ‘Grey is nothing: not white, not black. Something in between. Not concerned with the figure. Something free.’ While the artist later incorporated color into his monochrome series, his use of grey represents a neutral foundation from which he conceived his oeuvre.

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About the Gallery

Hauser & Wirth was founded in 1992 in Zurich by Iwan Wirth, Manuela Wirth and Ursula Hauser, who were joined in 2000 by Partner and Vice President Marc Payot. A family business with a global outlook, Hauser & Wirth has expanded over the past 26 years to include outposts in Hong Kong, London, New York, Los Angeles, Somerset and Gstaad. The gallery represents over 70 artists and estates who have been instrumental in shaping its identity over the past quarter century, and who are the inspiration for Hauser & Wirth’s diverse range of activities that engage with art, education, conservation and sustainability.

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Limmatstrasse 270
Zurich
Switzerland
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Tues - Fri, 11am - 6pm
Sat, 11am - 5pm
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Zurich Limmatstrasse 270
Hauser Wirth contemporary art gallery in Zurich Limmatstrasse Zurich Switzerland
Hauser & Wirth
Limmatstrasse 270, Zurich, Switzerland
+41 444 468 050
http://www.hauserwirth.com

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Sat, 11am - 5pm
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