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With two important works by Ellsworth Kelly and Mario Merz, the Nationalgalerie’s collection is being substantially expanded. Both works come from the Lafrenz Collection, which is characterized by its focus on the art of the 1960s and 1970s and includes central works of Minimal Art, Arte Povera, Post Painterly Abstraction and Conceptual Art. The works will be on display from July 9, 2025 in the collection presentation “Zerreißprobe. Art between politics and society. Collection of the Nationalgalerie 1945 – 2000”.
The monumental work “Gambe che corrono” (1967/1980) by the Italian artist Mario Merz (1925-2003) has been donated to the collection. It will be shown in the “Nature & Culture” exhibition room. The installation consists of a wall-sized canvas showing several schematic human legs arranged next to and on top of each other – all in motion, all pointing in the same direction. The leg fragments are painted and drawn; shimmering blue neon numbers glow mysteriously on them. In front of them, tightly bundled willow rods stand like a natural fence, revealing the picture in different ways depending on how they …
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Image above: Mario Merz, Gambe che corrono, 1967/1980, Schenkung Sammlung Lafrenz, Neue Nationalgalerie – Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Foto: Museum Wiesbaden.
