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until 28.06. | #4683ARTatBerlin | Galerie Friese presents from Saturday, 03. May 2025 (Vernissage: 02.05.) the exhibition Leise Ähnlichkeit by the artists Dieter Krieg, William N. Copley and Peter Dreher.
On the occasion of Gallery Weekend Berlin, Galerie Friese is opening the exhibition “Leise Ähnlichkeit”, which is dedicated to the artists Dieter Krieg (1937-2005), William N. Copley (1919-1996) and Peter Dreher (1932-2020).
At the center of the exhibition is the work of Dieter Krieg. His art is a constant exploration of literature, the visual arts, everyday life, life and death, with all its painterly charge. Dieter Krieg was a reader, and his painting is characterized by his affinity to the literature of his century, to Sartre and Beckett, Schmidt and Flaubert, Musil and Jellinek, to name but a few.
Peter Dreher, Tag um Tag ist guter Tag, Nr. 512, 1991, Oil on canvas, 25 x 20 cm
Peter Dreher, Tag um Tag ist guter Tag, Nr. 1851, 2001, Oil on canvas, 25 x 20 cm
Klaus Gallwitz says: “If I had to answer the question, is there even a conceptual painter today, apart from the fact that painting always has to do with concepts, then I would attribute this unique selling point to him, because his uneven thoughts and his great literary and philosophical background are never elevated in front of or behind the pictures, but always run through them. He could rely on his reserves.” The Museum Küppersmühle in Duisburg is showing a large solo exhibition by Dieter Krieg with over 70 works on canvas entitled “Painters, Thieves and Riff-raff” until August 24.
Wiliam N. Copley, Three Mile Island, 1980, Acryl on canvas, 89 x 117 cm
The works of William N. Copley and Peter Dreher are also characterized by a deep intensity in their examination of the everyday and their efforts to fathom its meaning. We contrast Peter Dreher’s almost monkishly evocative and repetitive painting of glasses, keys and the sky with Copley’s sensually relaxed depiction of people and their surroundings in all their abysses and joys.
Vernissage: Friday, 02. May 2025, 6 – 9 pm
Exhibition period: Saturday, 03. May until Saturday, 28. June 2025
Introduction: Klaus Gerrit Friese, 7 pm
Opening hours Gallery Weekend 2025
Thursday, 01. May 2025, 11 am – 6 pm
Friday, 02. May 2025, 11 am – 9 pm
Saturday, May 03, 2025, 11 am – 7 pm
Sunday, 04. May 2025, 11 am – 6 pm
Image caption: Dieter Krieg, 1991, Acryl auf Leinwand, 220 x 400 cm
Exhibition Leise Ähnlichkeit – Galerie Friese | Zeitgenössische Kunst in Berlin | Contemporary Art | Exhibitions Berlin Galleries | ART at Berlin
