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About the Presentation
Beck & Eggeling’s presentation at Independent 20th Century will feature the rediscovery of early works by Hal Busse (1926-2018) alongside artists from the ZERO movement including Heinz Mack, Otto Piene, Günther Uecker, and Yves Klein. ZERO was formed in Düsseldorf in 1957 as “a zone of silence and of pure possibilities for a new beginning in art” after the ravages of the Second World War. Founded by Mack and Piene, who were later joined by Uecker, the group evolved into an international network of artists in Europe, Japan, and North and South America. Busse came into contact with ZERO during a fertile period in her creative development, based in Stuttgart in the late 1950s. Although her work diverged from the group by never completely abandoning the figure, she shared their interest in dynamic structures, grid patterns, monochromes, and the use of nails. Like many women artists of the post-war generation, Busse’s contributions have been overlooked by conventional art history and are now beginning to receive due recognition.
About the Gallery
Beck & Eggeling has made a diverse contribution to cultural life for 25 years. A consistent, high-quality program with impressionist, expressionist, classical and postwar modernist works has allowed Beck & Eggeling to establish itself as one of the leading galleries in the international art market.
At the same time, the gallery is committed to international contemporary art. Beck & Eggeling is currently staging exciting exhibitions at three extraordinary venues in Düsseldorf and Vienna. Furthermore, the gallery is represented at prestigious art fairs worldwide with this differentiated and ambitious offering.
With well over 100 publications from their in-house art publishers, Beck & Eggeling facilitates new knowledge and enriches their exhibitions with their own texts as well as scholarly articles about art by prominent authors. Driven by curiosity and a love of art, Ute Eggeling and Michael Beck also carry out large-scale international projects outside their gallery space.
Günther Uecker, Selbstportrait (Self-portrait), 1967, plexiglass, iron-rods, metal and wood, 73.6 x 23.6 x 23.6 in, photography by Christoph Münstermann © Günther Uecker, courtesy Beck & Eggeling International Fine Art, Düsseldorf
Hal Busse, Untitled, ca.1959, mixed media on hardboard, 35 x 33 x 2,5 cm, photography by Marcus Schneider © Hal Busse, courtesy Archiv Hal Busse, Berlin copyright Archiv Hal Busse, Berlin
Portrait Hal Busse, undated, photography by Anton Stankowski, courtesy Archiv Hal Busse, Berlin © Archiv Hal Busse, Berlin
Heinz Mack, Dynamische Struktur, 1957, polyester resin on hardboard, 22.8 x 29.5 in, courtesy Beck & Eggeling International Fine Art, Düsseldorf
Otto Piene, es brennt, 1966, oil, fire and smoke marks on canvas, 31.3 x 39.3 in, photography by Linda Inconi-Jansen © Otto Piene, courtesy Beck & Eggeling International Fine Art, Düsseldorf
Yves Klein, untitled (SE 323), ca. 1960/61, pigment and synthetic resin on natural sponge, 2.7 x 2.3 x 1.6 in; height incl. base: 8.5 in, courtesy Beck & Eggeling International Fine Art, Düsseldorf
