GyeongGi Cultural Foundation
Michael van Ofen
Gyeonggi Museum of Modern art
This catalogue is published in conjunction with 2017-2018 Korea–Germany Contemporary Art Exchange Exhibition Irony & Idealism. It documents all exhibitions and artworks at 3 venues in Korea and Germany-Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, KF Gallery and Kunsthalle Münster-from September 2017 until September 2018.
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Michael van Ofen
Born 1956 in Essen, lives and works in Düsseldorf and Münster.
1974-1982 Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2016 The symbolic extension of the self from the prospect of the early contemporaries, Sies + Höke,
Düsseldorf
2014 Bilder aus Zweihundert Jahren, JaLiMa Collection, Düsseldorf
2013 Germania und Italia. The Continuance of the Contemporary, Collezione Maramotti, Reggio Emilia
2012 Miachel van Ofen: Anton v. Werner, Johnen Galerie, Berlin Alison Jacques, London
2011 Michael Royen Studio, Vettelschloß
2010 Der Abschied der Braut, dkw kunst.museum.dieselkraftwerk, Cottbus Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf
2008 Marc Foxx, Los Angeles Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo In the Space between Pictures, Johnen Galerie,
Berlin
E.T.C
Selected Group Exhibitions
2018
THE HUMAN CONDITION,
Schönewald Fine Arts, Düsseldorf
2017
Best of Ruhrgebiet, Galerie Frank
Schlag & CIE
2016 Die Erfindung der Abstraktion, Akademie – Galerie, Düsseldorf
This Just In: Recent Acquisizions, BAMPFA, Berkeley
Resonance(s), Maison Particulière, Brussels
Das doppelte Bild. Aspekte
zeitgenössischer Malerei,
Kunstmuseum Solothurn
Paintings Between The Lines, Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown
Inner Journeys, Maison Particulière, Brussels
2011
Paintings Between The Lines, Wattis
Insitute, San Francisco
Among Flesh, Alison Jacques Gallery, London
2010
Waking The Dead, Autocenter,
Berlin
Wrong, KIT, Kunst im Tunel,
Düsseldorf
2008 Palace, The John Institute, Cinema Palace, St. Gallen
E.T.C
1. Landscape oil on canvas, 150×165cm, 2007
2. Landscape oil on canvas, 38×42cm, 2007
3. Virtue Turn 7
oil on canvas, 55×45cm, 2016
4. Virtue Turn 9 oil on canvas, 57×63cm, 2017
5. Replication after Eugene Delacroix oil on canvas, 47×53cm, 2016
6. The Symbolic Extension of the Self from the Prospect of the Early Contemporaries. Facial Tattoo after Ludwig York Choris, 1822 oil on canvas, 38×32cm, 2016
7. The Symbolic Extension of the
Self from the Prospect of the
Early Contemporaries. Tattoo
and Appliqué in: William
Hodges, “Portrait of a Maori
Chieftain”, 1773
oil on canvas, 63×57cm, 2016
8. The Symbolic Extension of the Self from the Prospect of the Early Contemporaries. Body Painting in: George Catlin, “Roaring Thunder, Youngest Son of Black Hawk”, 1832 oil on canvas, 63×57cm, 2016
9. The Symbolic Extension of the
Self from the Prospect of the Early
Contemporaries. Colour and
Application in: George Catlin, “No
Fool, a Great Fop”, 1832
oil on canvas, 74×66cm, 2016
10. The Symbolic Extension of the
Self from the Prospect of the
Early Contemporaries. Feathers
and colours in “Sioux playing
ball” by George Catlin, 1843
oil on canvas, 160×120cm, 2016
11. Ohne Titel Plants and tattoos after Jean-Baptiste Debret oil on canvas, 74×66cm, 2016
12. Authority and Regalia: Portrait Des Chefs des Zivil Kabinetts Wilhelms II., Geheimrat Hermann von Lucanus, 1908 oil on canvas, 52×38cm, 2013
13 Authority and Regalia: Anton von Werner, “Fürst Bismarck am Bundesratstisch”, 155×115cm, 1888 oil on canvas, 52×40cm, 2013
14. Authority and Regalia: Anton von Werner, “Der Kongreß zu Berlin (Schlußsitzung des Berliner Kongresses, 13. Juli 1878)”, 360× 615cm, 1892 oil on canvas, 80×120cm, 2013
15. The Symbolic Extension of the
Self from the Prospect of the
Early Contemporaries. Coloured
Textile Application in: Anton von
Werner, “Die Eroeffnung des
Reichstags im weissen Saal des
Berliner Schlosses durch Wilhelm
II.”, 387×642cm, 1893
oil on canvas, 47×53cm, 2014
16. The Symbolic Extension of the Self from the Prospect of the Early Contemporaries. Coloured Textile Application in: Anton von Werner, “Kaiser Friedrich als Kronprinz auf dem Hofball 1887”, 118×95cm, 1895 oil on canvas, 250×190cm, 2017
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IRONY & IDEALISM
Publisher/ Sul Wonki
Chief Editor/ Choi Eunju
First Edition/ July 31. 2018
Published by/ Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art
List of Artists/ Ahn Jisan, Bae Young-whan, Björn Dahlem, Gimhongsok, Hwayeon Nam, Michael van Ofen, Manfred Pernice, Yoon Jongsuk