Page 62 - Studio International - January 1968

Essen
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Untitled 1967, plexiglass and neon (sliding panel),
40 x 65 in., by Laura Grisi at M. E. Thelen,
Saarbrückerstrasse 36, from January 13.
Kassel
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Red and yellow stripes 1959, acrylic, 36 x 36 in., by
Gene Davis. A show of his work is being held at
Ricke, Kolnische Strasse 44-46, until the middle of
January. Gene Davis was interviewed by Gene
Baro for the November 1967 issue of Studio
International. This is his first European show, and is
held in co-operation with Fischbach Gallery, New
York. (Price range: $650 up.)

Stuttgart
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Concetto spaciale 1964, canvas, 21½ x 18 in., by
Lucio Fontana at Muller, Hohenheimer Strasse 7,
until January 15. Fontana was born in 1899 in the
Argentine, of Italian parents, and studied in Milan.
He has exhibited widely in Europe, America and
Japan. Also included in the show, entitled
'Kontraste', are Arman, Duchamp, Hundertwasser,
Lenk, Oldenburg, Lichtenstein, Pfahler, Soto,
Tapies, Uecker, and Vasarely.

Berlin
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Spring and springs 1966, drypoint, roulette and
colour etching, 16 x 18 in., by Masuo Ikeda at
Springer, Kurfürstendamm 16, from January 5-27.
Masuo Ikeda was born in 1934 in Mukden. He won
the first prize for prints at the Venice Biennale in
1966 and is now exhibiting for the first time in
Germany. His prints were shown recently at the
Lumley Cazalet Gallery in London. (Price range:
DM 400—DM 600.)

Munich
30
Y'a pas d'avance 1964, etching, 17½ x 13½ in., by
Pierre Alechinsky at Van de Loo,
Prinzregentenstrasse 60, Stuckvilla, during early
January. The exhibition, 'Graphic-bazar', contains
graphics by both known and unknown artists.
(Price range: DM 8—DM 300.)
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Three Spanish clowns 1928, woodcut, by Erich
Heckel at Günther Franke, Maximilianstrasse 22,
until January 31. The exhibition also includes
etchings and lithographs. Heckel, born in 1883,
was a member of Die Brücke group which was
founded in Dresden in 1905 and moved to Berlin in
1910. After the move Heckel's work became more
expressionist. (Price range: DM 8—DM 300.)

Düsseldorf
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Gebilde 7 1967,40 x 40 x 10 in., by Ed Kiënder at
Gunar, Mühlenstrasse 1, in January. The theme of
Kiënder's work is the Space-roll ('rolls separated
from the objects become autonomous, events and
situations fixed optically or in their natural state
are rolled together....')