| Event Name: | Charline von Heyl |
| Description: | Tate Liverpool is to present the first major UK exhibition of the New York based artist Charline von Heyl (b 1960). Von Heyl is at the forefront of a new generation of abstract painters who have acknowledged painting’s contradictions and rejected late modernism’s emphasis on signature style, in celebration of the power of painting.
Forty-two large canvasses and a number of unique works on paper will be displayed, covering the period 1996-2011. Taking a chronological approach, the exhibition will demonstrate von Heyl’s eclectic approach to painting. Often employing unconventional painting methods and actively resisting a single style or vision, she has constantly reinvented the art form.
Born in Mainz, Germany in 1960, von Heyl studied at the Düsseldorf Art Academy with Jörg Immendorf and Fritz Schwengler. She witnessed first hand painting’s resurgence in the 1980s through the vibrant Köln-based art scene, where radical and experimental approaches to painting by artists such as Martin Kippenberger and Albert Oehlen began a dramatic expansion of the field.
Von Heyl’s work can be found in the collections of major international institutions including The Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris; The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. She has had solo exhibitions at Le Consortium, Dijon; the Dallas Museum of Art; and the Vienna Secession. ICA Philadelphia presents her first museum survey from 7 September 2011 - 19 February 2012, travelling to ICA Boston from 21 March - 8 July 2012. The US surveys trace the development of von Heyl’s work over the last decade, drawing on works in American collections. |
| Type of Event: | Art Shows - Events |
| Event Agenda: | Friday, 24 February - Sunday, 27 May 2012
Tickets: £8 / £6 (concs) |
| Event Location: | Tate Liverpool |
| Event City: | Liverpool |
| Type of Venue: | Gallery |
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| Event Start Date | 24-Feb-12 |