Post War

Gallery: KÖNIG Galerie

Alexandrinenstrasse 118-121, Berlin, Germany

Artists: Sol Lewitt, Josef Albers, Hans Uhlmann, Victor Vasarely, Hans Hartung, Richard Paul Lohse, Raimund Girke, Joseph Beuys, Heinz Mack, Bruno Goller, Peter Brüning, Otto Piene, Heinrich Maria Davringhausen

In art history, the term “Post War” refers to the period after 1945, a time of new beginnings and radical change. Artists question traditional structures and forms in an attempt to be done with the past. Painting becomes freer because artists refuse to deliver a message. And there is a new lightness in art. In this period, Concrete art meets abstract sculpture, and Art Informel encounters Zero.

A closer look at the art from this perio... more >> In art history, the term “Post War” refers to the period after 1945, a time of new beginnings and radical change. Artists question traditional structures and forms in an attempt to be done with the past. Painting becomes freer because artists refuse to deliver a message. And there is a new lightness in art. In this period, Concrete art meets abstract sculpture, and Art Informel encounters Zero.

A closer look at the art from this period changes our perspective on the topicality, subjects, and forms of contemporary art today.

Post War

Submit a Comment Cancel reply