Hermann Nitsch: Bayreuth Walküre
Forthcoming exhibition
Overview
Hermann Nitsch, Schüttbild, 2021
Galerie Kandlhofer is pleased to announce a solo exhibition presenting works from Hermann Nitsch's Bayreuth series.
In the summer of 2021, Hermann Nitsch was invited by the Bayreuth Festival to provide scenic accompaniment to a concert version of Richard Wagner's Walküre. On this occasion, the artist created an extensive painting campaign for the three acts of the play. Each act was accompanied by a self-contained painting action, in which the score transformed scene by scene into luminous colours. Nitsch wished to present a painting action where the colours of poured and smeared paint spanned the whole spectrum of the rainbow, attempting to compete with the blazing colouration of Wagnerian music. In Nitsch´ words, "the events of the actual act of painting are to be like music. Sounds turn into colours and Wagner's score lures me into choosing my colours."
Works
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Hermann NitschBFII_04_21, 2021200 x 300 cm
78 3/4 x 118 1/8 in -
Hermann NitschBFII_06_21, 2021200 x 300 cm
78 3/4 x 118 1/8 in -
Hermann NitschDAVINA (Bayreuth), 2021Acrylic on Canvas200x300
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Hermann NitschSchüttbild, 2021Acryli auf Jute200 x 300 cm
78 3/4 x 118 1/8 in -
Hermann NitschSchüttbild, 2021Acryl auf Jute200 x 300 cm
78 3/4 x 118 1/8 in -
Hermann NitschBFII_12_21, 2021200 x 300 cm
78 3/4 x 118 1/8 in
