Category: Munich

October 8, 2010 – November 11, 2010

Infamous for their Fuck Faces and their gruesome Hell and Fucking Hell war-landscapes, the Chapman brothers made their first big appearance in 1997 at the Sensation exhibition in the Royal Academy of Art. These stars of the London art scene will now be coming to Munich to put on Cained and Disabled, the next chapter, an exhibition comprised of sculptures from the “Litte Death Machines” series, as well as portraits, à la Dorian Gray, from the cycle One Day You Will No Longer Be Loved.

Dinos Chapman was born 1962 in London and Jake Chapman 1966 in Cheltenham. Dinos studied painting and Jake sculpting at the Royal College of Art in London. Their works have been shown in important museums around the world (Tate, London, Groninger Museum, Groningen etc.) and can be found in notable international collections, such as those of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Tate Gallery in London, the Museum Kunst Palastin Düsseldorf and the Palazzo Grassi in Venice.

Jake and Dinos live and work in London.

May 2, 2008 – May 24, 2008

September 13, 2008 – October 6, 2008

In the weeks from the 13th of September to the 6th of October the Gallery Daniel Blau will be exhibiting works by Neal Fox, a young artist from London and recent introduction to the art world.

Fox’s artistic roots lie with illustration as with the experiences and tales he gathered from a complex web of characters ranging from the beat poets Allen Ginsberg and Gregory Corso to Francis Bacon, Andy Warhol, Grace Jones and the occulist Aleister Crowley.

The same pubs and haunts in Soho that became the gathering points for London’s artistic, bohemian and alcoholic culture, of which Fox’s grandfather was a part, are now frequented by Neal Fox and a new generation of eccentric minds. The remarkable life of his grandfather, John Watson, inspired Mr. Fox as a teenager to explore the myths of a life as a WWII bomber pilot in Germany, a writer of several novels and some “trashy paperbacks about cowboys and gangsters,” a chat show host, publisher and drinker in Soho.

Fox’s earliest illustrations were based on his grandfather’s books, and Watson still appears in most of his ink drawings, always dressed in a dark trenchcoat holding a drink and looking on as mastiffs attack a bear in an Elizabethan arena or flying a helicopter filled with playmates, as a a naked Oliver Reed and a peg-legged Keith Moon engage in a vicious swordfight.

The large inks on paper by the twenty-six year old artist show scenes of apomorphium hallucinations, trainrides through Europe, and surreal depictions of Andy Warhol, Basquiat and Truman Capote at the infamous Studio 54. The viewers’ glances are seemingly returned by some of the subjects in the drawings, and one is thus introduced as a photographic voyeur to the distorted perspectives of Neal Fox’s fantastical illustrated trips.

June 29, 2007 – July 28, 2007

April 21, 2007 – June 2, 2007

February 2, 2007 – March 31, 2007

The Gallery Daniel Blau is pleased to present an exhibition documenting a crucial turning point in the History of Photography. The Exhibition titled Petite Paradise shows Autochromes for the first time in a Gallery in Germany, and to our knowledge for the first time entirely. Autochromes are the first convincing form of Colorphotography that was primarily available on the market in 1907. The exhibited Autochromes from the 1920’s show atmospheric, idyllic views of France, of its coasts as well as the gardens and alleys of Paris.

When in 1907 the brothers Lumière published their on dyed potato starch grain based Autochrome method, the magazine‚ L’Illustration’ exclaimed „The old and cold black and white photography is from now on only of secondary interest.“ Quickly euphoria spread from the Amateur photographers to the famous Artists — despite the immense production costs and thedifficulty of reproducing the images.

The Gallery presents the original glass-plate photographs in especially made lightboxes. Through these, the illuminated images obtain an atmosphere that impresses. The light drowns the areas, brightens and colors them. The title of the exhibition is reflected in every single Autochrome. Atmospheric scenes of Parisian alleys stand next to lively squares, large parks next to lonely ruins. Coastal cliffs contrast to still bays.And throughout the colors act so intensely, that one can withdraw oneself from their intimacy only with great effort.

October 19, 2006 – October 28, 2006

This exhibition focuses on drawings from the 1960’s by Baselitz, Immendorff, Lüpertz and Penck. All works are part of the collection of Johannes Gachnang (1939-2005) the Swiss publisher and influencial curator of groundbreaking exhibitions such as Europa-Amerika, Bilderstreit, Documenta VII.

As last year, the Gallery will be hosting the Paris based gallerist Anthony Meyer, with his exquisite Oceanic Art, and the goldsmith Otto Jakob, with his fabulous jewels and objects.

July 6, 2006 – July 29, 2006

Drawings by Georg Baselitz, Antonius Höckelmann, Jörg Immendorff, Per Kirkeby, Anselm Kiefer, Markus Lüpertz and ar. Penck

May 5, 2006 – June 23, 2006

March 31, 2006 – April 28, 2006

The Daniel Blau Gallery is proud to exhibit fine works of renowed artists of the 19th and 20th century, as Auguste Rodin ( 1840–1917), Francis Picabia (1879–1953), Jean Fautrier (1898–1964), Lucio Fontana (1899-1968), Alberto Giacometti (1901–1966) and Andy Warhol (1928-1987).

The monumental head, Tete de Iris, by Auguste Rodin (1890, 61 x 30,5 x 37,5 cm), roughed out of bronze, is an impressionistic portrait with a surface played upon by light and shadow. The distorted mouth relates to the portraits of Cezanne. Originally conceived as the head of one of the damned for the iconic Gates of Hell, Rodin also cast it as separate, complete work of art.

Francis Picabia, revered as one of the more innovatic artists of the 20th century, was influenced by and left an impact on the Cubism and Dada Movements. Acrobat (1949, oil on canvas 64,5 x 53,3 cm) one of his most expressive paintings, evokes a stirring elation.Crucifixion (1927, oil on canvas, 162 x 130 cm) the pendant of which can be seen at the Vatican, and an early portrait from 1928 (28, x 27 cm) by the Informel pioneer Jean Fautrier will be shown at „The Spring Show“.

Lucio Fontana´s life-sized sculptures Angeli of 1956/57 (wire, plaster and gold leaf, each 180 x 60 x 77 cm) were made for the chapel of a Milan kindergarten designed by the architect Marco Zanuso. Intended to hold an altar hanging, these and other large sculptures of this period are rarely to be seen on the art market. There is a related sculpture, a Madonna, in the Vatican Museum.

The gallery continues to show the broad creative span of Andy Warhol, one of the most compelling artists of the 20th century. Sydney Janis (1967, synthetic polymer and silk screen on primed canvas, 193 x 450 cm), the imposing triptych of the famous New York gallerist epitomizes the spirit ofWarhol´s most famous phase, POP ART. The large drawing Man (1960/61, graphite an coloured pencil on Strathmore paper, 73,7 x 58, 5 cm) the sculpture You´re In (Silver Coke Bottle) (1964/67, silver paint on a glass bottle with metal cap), Campbell´s Soup Can (1964/1967, solid aluminium and silkscreen) and the GE-paintings (each 40,6 x 50,8), of the middle of the eighties will be exhibited.