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With its current exhibition Daniel Grüttner – Out of the Web, the Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München (State Graphic Collection Munich) once again addresses the question of the significance of drawing in the 21st century. The project marks the start of three consecutive exhibitions in 2026 that will discuss the relationship between painting and drawing within an individual artistic oeuvre.
What is new is that Grüttner is also presenting himself as a draughtsman in his current exhibition. Until now, it has gone unnoticed that he usually accompanies the creative process in his studio with drawings, almost like a diary, during the period in which a single oil painting is created. One could get the impression that he feverishly “smears” the brushes saturated with oil paint from his day’s work onto sheets of paper. In fact, however, he reflects on his day’s work with verve as he draws – he comments on, rethinks and drives forward the current painting, which is still in progress, from drawing to drawing. In the context of the paintings, the sheets of paper thus take on considerable significance, as they are neither sketches nor preliminary studies, nor are they to be …
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Image above: Daniel Grüttner, Ecco, 2025, Öl auf Nessel, 65 × 56 cm, Foto: Matthias Kolb, © Daniel Grüttner.
