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Hans-Hendrik Grimmling (* 947 in Zwenkau near Leipzig) is one of the most important painters of his generation in Germany, an initiator of the legendary First Leipzig Autumn Salon in 984, regarded as a milestone exhibition in non-conformist GDR art. For more than 4 years, he has been painting at the fringes of abstraction. He is preoccupied with the experience of letting go, detaching himself from the figurative and the narrative, from East German identity, thus breaking away from predetermined physical forms. Grimmling visualizes his prime concern: the drama, the struggle, and the tragedy of human existence. Large areas, wide swaths and interlinked bands of black stretch across the canvas. The colour black prevails, becoming intoxicating and, for two decades now, the painter's only visual content. This publication is the first monographic work to present Grimmling's complete oeuvre. Look inside Retrospective of a non-conformist GDR artist An overview with works from five decades Exhibition: Kunstmuseum Magdeburg. Kloster Unser Lieben Frauen, 4. 9.2 4 to 8. 2.2 25, book launch in January 2 25

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Mit Beiträgen von Christoph Tannert, Kunstwissenschaftler und Ausstellungsmacher in Berlin, er war langjähriger Leiter des Künstlerhauses Bethanien und gilt als einer der profundesten Kenner ostdeutscher Kunst und Annegret Laabs, Kunsthistorikerin und Direktorin des Kunstmuseums Magdeburg, sie ist Kuratorin zahlreicher Ausstellungen zur zeitgenössischen Kunst und publizierte zu historischen und aktuellen Positionen der Malerei With contributions by Christoph Tannert, art historian and exhibition organizer in Berlin, he was director of the Künstlerhaus Bethanien for many years and is considered one of the most profound connoisseurs of East German art and Annegret Laabs, art historian and director of the Kunstmuseum Magdeburg, she is curator of numerous exhibitions on contemporary art and has published on historical and current positions in painting

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