Daimler Contemporary
Classical Modern Art of the Daimler Art Collection
Adolf Richard Fleischmann
Composition 12 yy; 1951
Oil on Canvas
92 x 78 cm
from left : Ben Willikens, George Vantongerloo, Josef Albers.
Sculpture: Norbert Kricke Carpet Work: Philippe Parreno
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Classical Modernism - Constructivism and Concrete Art
The group of Classical Modern works in the Daimler Art Collection, started in 1977 by the purchase of a painting by Willi Baumeister, includes mainly painting, but also sculpture, wall objects and graphics. They present an image of the development of art to the 1960s, relating mainly to South-West Germany
(The Stuttgart avant-garde - from Hölzel to the Bauhaus - the ›Concrete‹ artists: the Ulm Hochschule für Gestaltung, the Zurich Concrete Artists, links with ›De Stijl‹).The Classical : Modern exhibition follows four principal lines. First come about thirty works showing the progress of the Stuttgart Hölzel circle, starting with two paintings from Hölzel's early Stuttgart years (1908/14) and followed chronologically with works by his above-mentioned pupils..
A second line of argument explores aspects of monochrome work and colour-field painting dating from 1950 to 1987 in monographic groups of works by Adolf Fleischmann, Rupprecht Geiger, Josef Albers and large-format individual works by Günter Frühtrunk.
The third main strand is devoted to examples of constructive and concrete art. Here Richard Paul Lohse's 1949 stripe picture sets the chronological starting-point, and the line extends to Max Bill's 1972 caput mortuum.
The fourth line of argument follows the a principle of Daimler Art Collection exhibitions which is to place Classical Modernist works of pieces by post-war avant-garde artists in a dialogue with works of contemporary art.