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until 11.04. | #5005ARTatBerlin | Galerie Georg Nothel currently shows the exhibition Untitled (Möglichkeiten einer Technik) by the artist Pierre Alechinsky, Peter Brüning, Michael Buthe, Eduardo Chillida, Christo & Jeanne-Claude, K.F. Dahmen, Damien Daufresne, Galli, K.O. Götz, Thomas Hartmann, Delia Jürgens, Markus Lüpertz, Robert Motherwell, Max Neumann, A.R. Penck, Markus Prachensky, Robert Rauschenberg, Emil Schumacher, Carolin Seeliger, Richard Serra, Kazuo Shiraga, K.R.H. Sonderborg, Walter Stöhrer, Antoni Tàpies, Fred Thieler, Wolfgang Troschke, Emilio Vedova and Jan Voss.
Galerie Nothelfer presents an exhibition of prints by 28 artists. On display are both historical post-war positions and contemporary works that provide insight into the diversity and possibilities of printmaking.
Printmaking has established itself as an artistic medium on par with painting and drawing. For many artists, it was a central field of experimentation for formal innovations, serial processes and the combination of craftsmanship and artistic conception. It was not uncommon for the artistic focus to shift temporarily or permanently from painting to printmaking, as in the case of Toulouse-Lautrec’s lithographs or Andy Warhol’s silkscreen prints.
In the second half of the 20th century, printmaking played a central role in the democratisation of art. It was recontextualised through the social and political upheaval of the 1960s as an alternative to the exclusive art market. Influenced by Walter Benjamin’s reflections on the loss of the original through technical reproducibility, artists questioned the traditional understanding of the ‘original’. Which could no longer be defined as a singular unique piece, but as an artistically authorised work. Printmaking thus turned against the artwork as a status symbol and increasingly saw itself as ‘art for all’, removing the institutional barrier keeping it from everyday life. […]
Text excerpt: Lucy Defty
Vernissage: Friday, February 13 2026, 6 – 9 pm
Ausstellungsdaten: Friday, February 13 until Saturday, 11. April 2026
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Image Caption: Fred Thieler, Untitled, 1977, Serigraphy, Ed. 30, 100 x 69,5 cm. Courtesy Galerie Nothelfer
Exhibition Untitled (Möglichkeiten einer Technik) – Galerie Georg Nothelfer | Zeitgenössische Kunst Berlin Contemporary Art | Ausstellungen Berlin Galerien | ART at Berlin
