Artwork

Imi Knoebel
Grace Kelly (V-3), 1990

  • Acrylic on wood
  • 250,5 x 169,5 x 8,9 cm
  • Acquired in 1992

Imi Knoebel has experimented with the possibilities of abstract geometric composition for over five decades. His works are characterised by the clarity and rigour of the design and the balance of the colours. Knoebel builds a bridge to portraiture in the Grace Kelly series (1989 to 1995). The compositions are reminiscent of a strictly diagrammatic depiction of the human face, and emphasise that the aura of timeless elegance continues to have an effect long after the death of style icon Grace Kelly in September 1982. The basic grid consists of a centre field framed by beams of equal width, the lower of which is clamped to suggest the mouth, forehead and cheeks. Imi Knoebel is considered one of the most radical representatives of non-objective art. Since his studies, and inspired by Russian Constructivism, he has been questioning the relationship between image and space.

Imi Knoebel

* 1940, Dessau, D
Lives and works in Düsseldorf, D
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