Imi Knoebel
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Imi Knoebel, born Klaus Wolf Knoebel (1940-1996), was a German artist. He is known primarily for his minimalist and abstract painting and sculpture.
Knoebel was born in Dessau, Germany, in 1940.[1] From 1964 to 1971, he studied under Joseph Beuys at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf with fellow students Blinky Palermo (with whom he shared a studio) and Jörg Immendorff.[2]
Knoebel's work explores the relationship between space, picture support and color.[3] The style and formal concerns of his painting and sculpture have drawn comparisons with the high modernist principles of both Kazimir Malevich and the Bauhaus[4]
Knoebel's works are held in numerous public collections, including Dia:Beacon in Beacon, New York, the Fonds Regional d'Art Contemporain (FRAC) in France, the Kunstmuseum St.Gallen in Switzerland, the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen in Germany and Malmö Konsthall in Sweden.
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- ^ John-Paul Stonard: "Knoebel, Imi" Grove Art Online. Oxford University Press, [14-02-2007], http://www.groveart.com/
- Imi Knoebel: Works 1968–1996 (exh. cat, Amsterdam, Stedelijk Mus. and elsewhere, 1996).