Following on from his Farbräume ("Colour spaces") of the 1950s and his Farbkissen ("colour cushions") and Farbkörper ("Colour bodies") of the early 1960s, Gotthard Graubner developed his so-called Farbraumkörper ("colour space bodies") in the early 1970s. This term, coined by Graubner himself, shows that he has moved with his art beyond the boundaries of conventional two-dimensional painting. Canvas or nylon is stretched like skin over foam material or synthetic cotton wool creating organic, body-like forms. Nevertheless, colour has always been the central subject of Gotthard Graubner's work. Usually, Graubner focuses on just one 'range of colour' in each of his works, its manifold nuances interacting with one another. The colour is able to unfold in all its tremendous diversity. It is applied in numerous layers; it runs, blurs, covers, overlaps, disguises and revolves. It percolates and saturates the material, melts into it.
Alongside Gotthard Graubner's paintings his work on paper represents a stand-alone category as an equally favoured means of artistic expression since 1956. Again, colour remains the central subject. Gotthard Graubner has been born in 1930 in Erlbach, Germany. Following numerous solo and group exhibitions he gained major national as well as international recognition. He participated in documenta 4 and documenta 6 and represented Germany at the Venice Biennale in 1982. His works are included in well-known public and private collections. Until his death he lived and worked in Düsseldorf and at Insel Hombroich, Germany. He passed away 2013 in Düsseldorf.
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Museum Lothar Fischer, Neumarkt i.d. Oberpfalz, Germany
Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris, France
Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck, Remagen, Germany
Neues Museum Nürnberg, Germany
Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, Germany
Kunsthandel Wolfgang Werner, Berlin, Germany
Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Akademie-Galerie, Die Neue Sammlung, Germany
Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne, Germany
Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany
Josef Albers Museum Quadrat, Bottrop, Germany
Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Liechtenstein
Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris, France
Galerie m, Bochum, Germany
Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Germany
Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne, Germany
Kunstmuseum Luzern, Lucerne, Switzerland
Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Liechtenstein
MKM Museum Küppersmühle für Moderne Kunst, Duisburg, Germany
Galerie Karsten Greve AG, St. Moritz, Switzerland
Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne, Germany
Sammlung Goetz, Munich, Germany
Galerie Karsten Greve AG, St. Moritz, Switzerland
Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne, Germany
Galerie Karsten Greve AG, St. Moritz, Switzerland
Galerie Karsten Greve AG, St. Moritz, Switzerland
NORD/LB art gallery, Hanover, Germany
Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne, Germany
NORD/LB art gallery, Hanover, Germany
Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany
Henri Nannen Kunsthalle, Emden, Germany
Weserburg - Museum für moderne Kunst, Bremen, Germany
Centro de Artes Visuales Helga de Alvear, Cáceres, Spain
Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne, Germany
Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany
Museum Ritter, Waldenbuch, Germany
Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Germany
Städtische Galerie Karlsruhe, Germany
Hôtel des Arts, Toulon, France
Kunsthalle Rostock, Germany
Galerie Neue Meister - Albertinum, Dresden, Germany
Peter Freeman, Inc., New York, USA
Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris, France