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Gary Kuehn is one of the most important representatives of Process Art and Post-Minimal Art. Early on in his career, Kuehn explored the artistic media of drawing and painting, and concentrated on elementary forms like circles, squares, and triangles. He would then realize these fundamental geometric figures with crafty and industrial materials. Often, they would be exposed to forces that displace, deform, knot, or impact them, giving the abstract works physicality and emotional depth.

The Berliner Serie from 1979 marks an important turning point in Kuehn’s artistic development. Here, he experimented with various materials and techniques in order to explore the relationship between space, form, and perception. Created during a residency in Berlin, the series comprises wall objects and drawings characterized by precise geometries, which in turn contributed significantly to the renewal of the idea of art in the late 1970s.

• Works from the Berliner Serie are highly coveted on the market due to their rarity
• Great pictorial format
• The Berliner Serie was exhibited at the Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart in 1980
• Kuehn was represented in groundbreaking exhibitions like Eccentric Abstraction, New York, 1966; When Attitudes Become Form, Bern 1969 / Venice 2013; documenta 6, 1977; and Post/Post Minimal, St. Gallen, 2014
• In 2014/15 he was honored in Vaduz with the comprehensive retrospective Between Sex and Geometry, and in 2024, 50 works of his were presented at Art Basel Unlimited
• His works can be found in numerous major collections worldwide, including: MoMA, New York; Tate Modern, London; Fondation Cartier pour lʼart contemporain, Paris; Kunstmuseum Basel; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Museum Ludwig, Cologne; Albertina, Vienna; Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin; Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München

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- The artist about his beginnings

- Further works from the Berlin series

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