Serielle Formationen 1967/2017

"Minimalism in Germany"

In 1967, Peter Roehr and Paul Maenz curated the exhibition "Serial Formations" for the Studiengalerie of the University of Frankfurt/M., one of the very first exhibitions of Minimal Art in Germany. As part of the exhibition and publication series "Minimalism in Germany", which was launched in 2005, the Daimler Art Collection is now making the first attempt to restage this historically important presentation. At the time, it summarised current international minimalist tendencies at a high level and juxtaposed these with the positions of German artists. The selection criterion for the total of 62 works by 48 artists on display was the principle of serial order as a visual characteristic for pictures and objects. This could, of course, conceal different, quite contrary concepts. The European Zero movement was represented as well as American Minimal and Concept Art, aspects of Nouveau Réalisme, Pop and Op Art were presented - as Paul Maenz wrote in the accompanying catalogue, "the informative ambition was to clarify the differences between similar forms of appearance". The special feature of the publication accompanying the current Berlin exhibition is the catalogue's complete reprint of the original catalogue, which is highly sought after today and is an excellent example of early conceptual book design.

Artists 1967/2017: Carl Andre, Arman, Thomas Bayrle, Ronald Bladen, Hans Breder, Enrico Castellani, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Jan Dibbets, May Fasnacht, Eberhard Fiebig, Dan Flavin, Raimund Girke, Kuno Gonschior, Hermann Goepfert, Hans Haacke, Jan Henderikse, Ewerdt Hilgemann, Bernhard Höke, Donald Judd, Yayoi Kusama, Walter Leblanc, Thomas Lenk, Sol LeWitt, Konrad Lueg, Adolf Luther, Piero Manzoni, Anges Martin, Almir da Silva Mavignier, Henk Peeters, Larry Poons, Charlotte Posenenske, Markus Raetz, Bridget Riley, Peter Roehr, Dieter Roth, Felix Schlenker, Wolfgang Schmidt, Jan Schoonhoven, Klaus Staudt, Michael Steiner, Frank Stella, Paul Talman, Günther Uecker, Victor Vasarely, Herman de Vries, Andy Warhol, Group X

Artists from the context: Karl-Heinz Adler, Hartmut Böhm, Hal Busse, Hanne Darboven, Rolf Glasmeier, Hermann Glöckner, Mathias Goeritz, Gerhard von Graevenitz, Marie-Luise Heller, Hans-Peter Hoch, Oskar Holweck, Heinz Mack, Christian Megert, Christian Roeckenschuss, Ulrich Rückriem, Eckhard Schene, Mike Steiner, Franz Erhard Walther