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A.R. Penck
Paintings from the Eighties
29 October 2008 through 8 January 2009
This exhibition presents a group of works painted in the years immediately following the artist's emigration to the West. The works in A.R. Penck: Paintings from the Eighties show the artist's continued search for a contemporary visual expression of the social contradictions present in German society during this time.
Black Swan
A Sculpture Show
15 October 2008 through 4 January 2009
Artists Aaron Curry and Thomas Houseago organize an exhibition of major sculpture by Joseph Beuys, Frederick Kiesler, Antonius Höckelmann, Jörg Immendorff, Markus Lüpertz, Per Kirkeby and A.R. Penck, and featuring new works of their own created in response to their selections. BLACK SWAN can be viewed in Michael Werner's London project space, by appointment.
Series Drawings
An exhibition of works on paper
18 September 2008 through 25 October 2008
Series Drawings juxtaposes historic and contemporary drawings by artists including Georg Baselitz, Joseph Beuys, Marcel Broodthaers, Aaron Curry, André Derain, Peter Doig, Jean Fautrier, Jörg Immendorff, Per Kirkeby, Markus Lüpertz, Henri Michaux, A.R. Penck, Francis Picabia, Sigmar Polke, Eugen Schönebeck, Louis Soutter and Don Van Vliet.
Frederick Kiesler
Sculpture
9 July 2008 through 13 September 2008
For summer, Michael Werner Gallery presents an exhibition of sculpture by Frederick Kiesler. Kiesler's most important sculpture, "David", 1965, forms the core of this exhibition, making it a rare opportunity to view major works by the visionary Austro-American artist. Please contact the gallery for more information.
Francis Picabia
Paintings
1 June 2008
For its third project in London's West End, Michael Werner Gallery presents an exhibition of paintings by Francis Picabia. This exhibition is focused on late paintings, including "kitsch" portraits and nudes. This exhibition can be seen by appointment. Please contact the gallery for more information.
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
The Unexpected New: Late Paintings
18 April 2008 through 3 July 2008
This exhibition highlights Kirchner’s paintings made in Davos, Switzerland, beginning in the early 1920s, a period rarely examined in-depth in exhibitions devoted to Kirchner’s work. The Unexpected New is a rare opportunity to view little-known works by an important twentieth century artist.
James Lee Byars: Five Points Make A Man
An Exhibition in Two Parts
7 February 2008 through 12 April 2008
A two-part exhibition that featured the presentation of "Five Points Make A Man", a daily performance with water drops, from 29 February through 8 March; and currently on view, "The Diamond Floor", a sculpture created in 1995 and originally shown at the Cartier Foundation, through 12 April.
Eugène Leroy
Paintings
1 February 2008
On February 1 Michael Werner opened an exhibition of paintings by the French artist Eugène Leroy (1910-2000) in London's West End. These densely impastoed paintings ranging from 1958 to 1999 most often depict heads and figures emerging from thick layers of paint. This is the gallery’s second project in London and this exhibition is available for viewing by appointment. For more information please contact the gallery.