Taten des Lichts : Mack & Goethe /
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von,1749-1832.
Steingiesser, Barbara,editor.
Goethe-Museum Düsseldorf, Anton-und-Katharina-Kippenberg-Stiftung,host institution.
"Colors are the deeds ... of light." This quote from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Theory of Colors supplies the title for a special, large exhibition at the Goethe Museum in Dusseldorf, as well as for the companion catalogue. The show juxtaposes Goethe's (1749-1832) world of ideas and the work by the Light artist and co-founder of the ZERO group Heinz Mack (*1931, Lollar, Germany). Yet, what is it that connects the classical author to the avant-garde artist? Surprising parallels emerge, manifesting in the universality of the two artists' interests and their orientation toward the future. Mack's enthusiasm for the structures of organic and inorganic life encounters Goethe's ideas on morphology, the theory of the formation and transmutation of organic bodies. And paintings inspired by the Far East are affirmed by Goethe's insight, "The Orient and the Occident can no longer be separated." Never-before- exhibited works by Mack meet rare Goethe exponents from the Dusseldorf museum, as well as loans from Weimar, Dresden, and Vienna. Exhibition: Goethe-Museum Düsseldorf / Anton-und-Katharina-Kippenberg-Stiftung, Düsseldorf, Germany (04.03. - 27.05.2018).
Published in conjunction with exhibition at the Goethe-Museum Düsseldorf / Anton-und-Katharina-Kippenberg-Stiftung, Germany, March 4-September 30, 2018.
Includes bibliographical references.
"Colors are the deeds ... of light." This quote from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Theory of Colors supplies the title for a special, large exhibition at the Goethe Museum in Dusseldorf, as well as for the companion catalogue. The show juxtaposes Goethe's (1749-1832) world of ideas and the work by the Light artist and co-founder of the ZERO group Heinz Mack (*1931, Lollar, Germany). Yet, what is it that connects the classical author to the avant-garde artist? Surprising parallels emerge, manifesting in the universality of the two artists' interests and their orientation toward the future. Mack's enthusiasm for the structures of organic and inorganic life encounters Goethe's ideas on morphology, the theory of the formation and transmutation of organic bodies. And paintings inspired by the Far East are affirmed by Goethe's insight, "The Orient and the Occident can no longer be separated." Never-before- exhibited works by Mack meet rare Goethe exponents from the Dusseldorf museum, as well as loans from Weimar, Dresden, and Vienna. Exhibition: Goethe-Museum Düsseldorf / Anton-und-Katharina-Kippenberg-Stiftung, Düsseldorf, Germany (04.03. - 27.05.2018).
Mack, Heinz, 1931-
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832.
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832.
Mack, Heinz, 1931-
Zur Farbenlehre (Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von)
Light in art
Art and philosophy
Color in art
Art and philosophy.
Color in art.
Light in art.