Black Paintings

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During the late 1940s, famous artists from the New York School -Robert Rauschenberg, Ad Reinhardt, Mark Rothko, Frank Stella, and Barnett Newman - intently studied the color black. This resulted in an astonishing number of series of almost monochromatic black paintings, which today are considered treasures of internationally important collections such as the Whitney Museum in New York or the National Gallery in London. For the first time, Black Paintings will show these paintings together. nnThe publication, with an informative essay by Stephanie Rosenthal, will shed light on the differences between these post-war works created in New York, as well as the things they have in common. It pursues the question of what meaning they have in the context of each artist's entire oeuvre. One thesis the book deals with is the possibility that these black paintings represent breakthroughs and transitions in the artists' work. It even attempts to draw the conclusion that the paintings could actually be interpreted as a kind of self-portrait. (English edition ISBN 3-7757-1860-5)nExhibition schedule: Haus der Kunst, Munich, September 16, 2006-January 15, 2007