Representative work by Imi Knoebel
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Artist

Imi Knoebel

b. 1940, Dessau, Germany · German · Based in Düsseldorf, Germany

  • Werkkunstschule Darmstadt
  • Kunstakademie Düsseldorf under Joseph Beuys
  • Structured Aluminium Painting
  • Primary Acrylics
  • Fiberboard
  • Stained Glass

Imi Knoebel studied with Joseph Beuys at the Düsseldorf Academy and developed a practice from basic supports—hardboard, wood, aluminum, color and architectural space. Early works such as Raum 19 explored modular accumulation; later paintings use saturated color and irregular geometric panels.

Painting; sculpture; installation

Gallery Representation

Objects

Major Works

  • 1968Raum 19
  • 1966–68Linienbilder
  • 1977Messerschnitte
  • 197724 Colors—for Blinky
  • 1988 onwardKinderstern
  • 1989Grace Kelly
  • 2010sAnima Mundi
  • 1978–79Rot Gelb Blau
  • 2006Ich Nicht
  • 2011–15Stained-glass windows, Reims Cathedral

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Interviews & Writing