Ernst Wilhelm Nay
Subtitle: 1964
By: [Herausgeber, Aurel Scheibler ; Übersetzungen, Pauline Cumbers, Jochen Stremmel]
Contributors: Scheibler, Aurel; Cumbers, Pauline; Stremmel, Jochen, 1948-; Galerie Aurel Scheibler
Publisher: Aurel Scheibler; Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Berlin; Köln
Language: eng; ger
Number of pages: 55
ISBN-13: 9783863359676
Subjects: Exhibitions; Eye in art; Abstract Painting
Other titles: 1964
Description: The book is entirely devoted to 'Ernst Wilhelm Nay's (1902-1968) celebrated Eye Paintings (1963-64.1964 was a pivotal year for Nay, witnessing one of the most important exhibition during his lifetime. At documenta III in Kassel Nay was presented with nine large-scale paintings. His three monumental Documenta Paintings, measuring 4 by 4 meters, were displayed in an unusual way - as installation hanging from the ceiling - and attracted considerable attention. The Eye Paintings indicate the apotheosis of postwar abstraction and they also stand as a point of culmination in Nay's oeuvre. They raise a primeval subject, which Nay had been pursuing from the very beginning of his artistic work. The eye motif combines 'looking' and 'being looked at' and, as an archetypical symbol, signifies magical and spellbinding powers and furthermore symbolizes light and spirituality. Exhibition: Aurel Scheibler Gallery, Berlin, Germany (30.04.-18.06.2016).
Notes: On the occasion of an exhibition held at Aurel Scheibler, Berlin, April 30 - June 18, 2016.

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