{"id":28430,"date":"2013-09-16T16:33:41","date_gmt":"2013-09-16T14:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ggm.gda.pl\/?p=28430"},"modified":"2024-08-16T19:43:21","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T17:43:21","slug":"zangs-at-grasss-structural-formations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ggm.gda.pl\/en\/28430\/zangs-at-grasss-structural-formations\/","title":{"rendered":"Zangs at Grass\u2019s. Structural Formations"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Vernissage:<\/strong> Friday, 27 September 2013, 6 p.m.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Exhibition:<\/strong> 28 September 2013 \u2013 12 January 2014<\/p>\n

Curator:<\/strong> Katarzyna Rogacka-Michels<\/p>\n

Venue:<\/strong> G\u00fcnter Grass Gallery in Gdansk<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u201eZangs at Grass\u2019s. Structural Formations\u201d is an exhibition presenting four artistic decades of the German artist Herbert Zangs (1924-2003), an acquaintance of G\u00fcnter Grass. They studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in D\u00fcsseldorf and both earned their living at the \u201cCsikos\u201d, the club where Grass performed as a musician.\u00a0 The echoes of this friendship can be found in G\u00fcnter Grass\u2019s prose. The title \u201cStructural Formations\u201d refers to the painting style of Herbert Lankes \u2013 Herbert Zangs\u2019s alter ego portrayed in the \u201cTin drum\u201d and is relevant to the abstract expressionist works which Zangs created in the 50\u2019s.<\/p>\n

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The exhibition combines motifs typical of Zangs\u2019s art in three sets representing the consecutive stages of his artistic ouevre \u2013 from the expressive \u2013 naturalist representations through the abstract forms manifested mainly in the Informel style. The display includes: Drippings<\/em> inspired by Jackson Pollock and Zabielenia\/Whitened <\/em>\u2013 white-painted objects (eg. Loom,<\/em> 1953); works referring to objets trouv\u00e9s<\/em> employed by the Dadaists and Surrealists (objects and pictures combined from everyday items), white works of the Plus-Minus<\/em> group and from the Wi\u0105zania\/Knottings<\/em> series (corks and stones knotted with thread onto the canvas, forming structural compositions). The vital part of the exhibition is the juxtaposition of paintings by Grass and Zangs from the early 50s, as well as the display of Anty-ksi\u0105\u017cki\/Anti-books<\/em> created by Zangs since the mid-70’s and presented at the Documenta 6\/1977. They provide a controversial context for Grass\u2019s writings and his disapproval of abstract art.<\/p>\n

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What distinguishes Zangs\u2019s artistic creation is the unique treatment of the material. He explored the specific character of various materials, converted them, composed their variations, transgressed the aesthetic canon and the limits of a traditionally understood piece of art. He always felt the urge to experiment and create new things, which might be the consequence of his artistic stance marked by a child-like openness and curiosity verging on naivety. Zangs\u2019s artistic creation can be received in the context of such artists as Yves Klein, Piero Manzoni or the ZERO group. He was always perceived as a controversial personage: both as an individual and as an artist prone to make original decisions. The exhibition is accompanied by three documentaries providing an opportunity to get acquainted with this original individuality.<\/p>\n

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Herbert Zangs – <\/strong>born on 27th<\/sup> March 1924 in Krefeld, Germany. 1941 – 1945 military service in Scandinavia. In years 1945-1949 studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in D\u00fcsseldorf, simultaneously with Joseph Beuys and G\u00fcnter Grass. Zangs\u2019s first solo exhibition at the Museum in Krefeld in 1950\u00a0 was followed by numerous displays, prizes and round-the-world tours. Between 1962 and 1977 Zangs lived in the south of France and later in Paris, before finally returning and settling in Germany. In 1992\/93 his both legs were amputated due to ill-treated diabetes. Died on 26th<\/sup> March 2003 at the age of 79.<\/p>\n

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The catalogue called \u201cAble Hand\u201d published by BWA Tarn\u00f3w and GGM is an addition to the exhibition.<\/p>\n

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The exhibition in part of the Year of Avant-Garde – the centenary of avant garde in Poland, celebrated in 2017 under the honorary patronage of UNESCO.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Vernissage: Friday, 27 September 2013, 6 p.m.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Exhibition: 28 September 2013 \u2013 12 January 2014 Curator: Katarzyna Rogacka-Michels Venue: G\u00fcnter Grass Gallery in Gdansk \u201eZangs at Grass\u2019s. Structural Formations\u201d is an exhibition presenting four artistic decades of the German artist Herbert Zangs (1924-2003), an acquaintance…<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28439,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[111,106],"tags":[97],"class_list":["post-28430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-4g-en","category-ggm1-en","tag-single-photo"],"acf":{"data_rozpoczecia":"20130927","data_zakonczenia":"20140112","miejsce":"4G"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ggm.gda.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ggm.gda.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ggm.gda.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ggm.gda.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ggm.gda.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28430"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ggm.gda.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28448,"href":"https:\/\/ggm.gda.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28430\/revisions\/28448"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ggm.gda.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ggm.gda.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ggm.gda.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ggm.gda.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}