…Julian Schnabel er et af samtidskunstens allerstørste navne
1 / 6 Installation photo, Julian Schnabel - Aktions Paintings, Photo: Anders Sune Berg
★★★★ - Børsen
“It would be a good idea to visit. Maybe not just once, but twice” – Information
“…should be seen live and felt directly on the body” – kunsten.nu
“Julian Schnabel is one of contemporary art's greatest names” – Kristeligt Dagblad
Disregarding chronological order, the paintings are arranged in accordance with recurring themes that have occupied Schnabel’s work over the last 40 years. The exhibition was created in close collaboration with the artist, who has greatly influenced the format of the show, creating a new and different kind of presentation that startles even as it captures his intense creative energy
Julian Schnabel (b. 1951, Brooklyn) is one of the most influential living painters of today and the pre-eminent figure behind the return of narrative, figurative painting in the early 1980s. Beginning with his earliest works, Schnabel broke with the prevailing paradigm of Conceptual Art by forging a unique artistic practice that embraced figuration and personal narratives.
Julian Schnabel has exercised tremendous influence on painting from the 1980s to the present day: an influence that can still be felt among new generations of young painters. Through a career spanning almost forty years, Schnabel has experimented with and opened up the boundaries of painting, always focusing on the question of surfaces and working with a constantly changing array of materials – from pottery shards and tarpaulins to photographic prints.