Imi Knoebel
Born in Dessau, Germany, in 1940 Knoebel studied at the Darmstadt Werkkunstschule under László Moholy-Nagy. He later studied under Joseph Beuys at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf with fellow students Blinky Palermo (with whom he shared a studio), and Jörg Immendorff.
Knoebel's work explores the relationship between space, picture support and colour. The style and formal concerns of his painting and sculpture have drawn comparisons with the high modernist principles of both Kazimir Malevich and the Bauhaus.
Between 1966 and 1969, Knoebel worked on a series of Linienbildern, or line paintings, totalling some 90 panels. Another series of 250,000 Linienbilder drawings were done on A4 sheets between 1969 and 1973/75.
Beginning in 1968, Knoebel was one of the first Beuys students to use photography as an independent artistic medium. From the mid-1970s on, Knoebel then turned towards a gestural use of color on layered plywood boards or metal plates. Knoebel made a series of 24 colourful monochromes in homage to his friend Blinky Palermo after Palermo’s death in 1977. The monumental series was acquired by Dia Art Foundation.
In June 2011, Knoebel made six stained-glass panes for Notre-Dame de Reims Cathedral which stand alongside the windows of Marc Chagall.
Knoebel's works are held worldwide in numerous public collections including Dia:Beacon in Beacon, New York; The Museum of Modern Art in New York City; the Albertina in Vienna; Berardo Collection Museum Lisbon in Portugal; National Museum of Contemporary Art Korea; Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen in Germany; Gemeentemuseum Den Haag in Netherland and Malmö Konsthall in Sweden.
Available works by Imi Knoebel
Available Artists
- Albers Anni
- Andre Carl
- Baldessari John
- Bell Larry
- Boyd John
- Brice Lisa
- Calder Alexander
- Christo and Jeanne-Claude
- Dadamaino
- Dávila Jose
- de Tollenaere Saskia
- Downing Thomas
- Dyson Julian
- Francis Sam
- Freud Lucian
- Gadsby Eric
- Gander Ryan
- Gilliam Sam
- Guston Philip
- Haring Keith
- Held Al
- Hockney David
- Kapoor Anish
- Katz Alex
- Kelly Ellsworth
- Knifer Julije
- Kruger Barbara
- Kusama Yayoi
- Le Parc Julio
- Leciejewski Edgar
- Levine Chris
- LeWitt Sol
- Lichtenstein Roy
- Mack Heinz
- Maripol
- Martin Agnes
- Martin Jason
- Martin Kenneth
- Mavignier Almir da Silva
- Miller Harland
- Morellet François
- Motherwell Robert
- Nadelman Elie
- Nara Yoshitomo
- Nemours Aurélie
- O'Donoghue Hughie
- Pettibone Richard
- Prehistoric Objects
- Prince Richard
- Quinn Marc
- Riley Bridget
- Ruscha Ed
- Scott William
- Scully Sean
- Shrigley David
- Smith Anj
- Smith Richard
- Smith David
- Sonnier Keith
- Soto Jesús Rafael
- Soulages Pierre
- Taller Popular de Serigrafía
- The Connor Brothers
- Turk Gavin
- Vasarely Victor
- Warhol Andy
- Wesselmann Tom
- Wood Jonas
- Wool Christopher
- Yiadom-Boakye Lynette