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until 26.10. | #4404ARTatBerlin | Galerie Friese shows from Saturday, 14. September 2024 (Opening: 13.09.) the group exhibition Garden of Earthly Delight by the artists Willi Baumeister, William N. Copley, Asana Fujikawa, Karin Kneffel, Thomas Müller, Hartmut Neumann, Claire de Santa Coloma and Cornelius Völker.
William N. Copley’s painting ‘Garden of Earthly Delight’ forms the starting point for the group exhibition of the same name at the Friese Gallery. Painted in 1960, Copley (1919-1996), who worked in the circle of Max Ernst, Man Ray and Marcel Duchamp, quotes Hieronymus Bosch’s ‘Garden of Earthly Delight’.
Copley adapts the theme in his usual ironic visual language to create a garden of earthly pleasure without depicting hell: there is swimming, rowing, playing, music, flying, dancing on the globe – and all of this under the destiny of women.
Karin Kneffel, Ohne Titel, 2024, Fotografie auf Alubond, 110 x 110 cm, Auflage 10 + 5 E.A., © Karin Kneffel, Courtesy: Galerie Friese
In the centre of the picture, an army of women with a “Non” sign stands opposite an army of men with an “Oui” sign. The battle of the sexes – a recurring theme in Copley’s work – nevertheless appears as a peaceful coexistence in which only the women make the rules.
Freely associating the theme of earthly pleasure, the exhibition presents works by Willi Baumeister, Asana Fujikawa, Karin Kneffel, Thomas Müller, Hartmut Neumann, Claire de Santa Coloma and Cornelius Völker. Exuberant bouquets of flowers, surreal plant worlds, fairy-tale figures and swimmers lying in the sun tell of the pleasure of tradition, sensual experience and the power of the artistic creation of mysterious worlds
Opening: Friday, 13. September 2024, 6.10 pm.
Exhibition dates: Saturday, 14. September until Saturday, 26. October 2024
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Title image caption: William N. Copley, Garden of Earthly Delight, 1960, Öl auf Leinwand, 101,6 x 82,5 cm, Foto: Eric Tschernow, Courtesy: Galerie Friese
Exhibition Garden of Earthly Delight – Galerie Friese | Zeitgenössische Kunst in Berlin | Contemporary Art | Ausstellungen Berlin Galerien | ART at Berlin
