About
Günther Förg was one of the most prominent German artists of his generation. Backed by an impressive output, he has had exhibitions at art museums across Europe. Günther Förg launched his art career in the 1970s with a series of monochrome paintings. Although he has since worked in a variety of materials and techniques, including sculpture, ceramics and photography, monochromatic painting remains his artistic backbone to which his various bodies of work all adhere. In his architectural photographs he nurtured an aesthetic inspired by Bauhaus while his paintings reflect on art in general and often American abstract expressionism in particular. In Denmark, Förg’s work may be viewed at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, the National Museum of Art, ARoS Museum of Art and Arken Museum of Modern Art.
For enquiries regarding available works by the artist, please contact cph@mikaelandersen.com
CV
Born 1952 in Füssen, Germany – 2013 in Freiburg, Germany
Education:
1973 – 1979: Akademie der Bildende Künste, Munich, Germany
Exhibitions in the gallery:
GMA XXX AAR (group show), 13.06 – 17.08, 2019
Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen
Art on Paper (group show), 17.03 – 21.04, 2018
Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen
1000 Sterne (group show), 4.12,2017 – 13.01, 2018
Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen
Accrochage (group show), 24.08 – 90.09, 2017
Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen
Ubuntu, 15.08 – 27.09, 2014
Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen
Sculptures and Works on Paper (group show), 20.06 – 12.07, 2014
Galerie Mikael Andersen, Berlin
Alles Wasser (group show), 25.05 – 25.08, 2012
Galerie Mikael Andersen, Berlin
MEGA (group show), 17.04 – 23.05, 2009
Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen
Accessories (group show), 14.12, 2007 – 02.02, 2008
Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen
New Works, 01.02 – 10.03, 2007
Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen
Renaissance Paintings, 26.09 – 01.11, 2003
Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen
S, M, L (group show), 09.11 – 15.12, 2002
Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen
New Lead Paintings and Sculptures, 26.10 – 24.11, 2001
Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen
Something About Drawing (group show), 24.03 – 22.04, 2000
Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen
After Munch, 22.01 – 20.03, 2000
Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen
The Millennium Show (group show), 04.08, 1999 – 08.01, 2000
Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen
Painting Pots (w. Jesper Christiansen and Per Arnoldi), 27.11, 1998 – 12.01, 1999
Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen
Günther Förg, 31.01 – 08.03, 1997
Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen
Graphics and Ceramics (w. Martin Kippenberger), 05.12, 1996 – 25.01, 1997
Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen