Günther Uecker
©image: Lothar Wolleh
° 1930
Born in Wendorf ().
On his participation-sheet for Vision in Motion, Uecker calls his works ‘Objecte’. The monochrome white and yellow canvases on panel, and a wooden ball as well, are all provided with rows of nails that produce waves through the play of light and shadow. Their changeable character invites the viewer to alter his/her standpoint too. The contrast between the rough finishing and the optical effects lends his early work an unmistakable charm.
Jef Verheyen meets Günther Uecker in 1959.
>Günther Uecker, Weiss Horizontal, 1958.Painting, oil paint on fibreboard, 51.5 x 45 cm.
>Günther Uecker, Nagelstruktuur [Nailstructure], 1958.Mixed Media, paint, nails, canvas.
>Günther Uecker, Jef Verheyen, Postcard from Günther Uecker to Jef Verheyen about his nail objects in 'Vision in Motion / Motion in Vision' in Hessenhuis, Antwerp (2 November 1959), 1959.Letter, ink on paper, 10,5 x 14,9 cm.
>Günther Uecker, Weisse Kugel, 1961.Sculpture, nails, paint and wooden sphere, 17 cm.
>Jef Verheyen, Hermann Goepfert, Serge Largot, Nanda Vigo, Raymond Dauphin, Rochus Kowallek, Lucio Fontana, Gotthard Graubner, Jan van der Borgt, Maria Mara, Paul Ibou, Jos Macken, Frank-Ivo van Damme, Piet Sterckx, Christian Megert, Galerie Edith Wahlandt, Dominique Stroobant, Guy Stern, Lotte Lenya, Leon In den Kleef, Madeleine Everaert, Marlborough Gallery, Hergé, Roger Nellens, Hugues C. Pernath, The Antwerp Gallery , Albert Szukalski, Anselm Thürwächter, Galerie Bernard, Ivo Michiels, Blinky Palermo, Gerhard Richter, Guy Vaes, Vic Gentils, Adam Seide, Günther Uecker, Piero Manzoni, Jef Verheyen's Liber Amicis, 1962-1984.Other, mixed media on bound paper.
>Günther Uecker, Witte structuur [White Structure], 1963.Mixed Media.
>Yves Klein, Rotraut Klein, Günther Uecker, Jef Verheyen, Poster for the exhibition 'Klein – Rotraut – Uecker – Verheyen' in Théâtre des Plans, Brussels, 1965.Poster, ink on paper.
>Gerald Dauphin, Jef Verheyen, Günther Uecker, Günther Uecker and Jef Verheyen place a ‘window’ in the open field, as part of 'Vlaamse Landschappen' in ’t Kasteelke in Mullem, 1967.Photography, photograph.
>Gerald Dauphin, Jef Verheyen, Günther Uecker, Günther Uecker and Jef Verheyen during the preparations of their land art project 'Vlaamse Landschappen' in Mullem,, 1967.Photography, photograph.
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>Gerald Dauphin, Günther Uecker, Jef Verheyen, Günther Uecker and Jef Verheyen installing 'Vlaamse Landschappen', 1967.Photography, colour print photograpg.
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>Gerald Dauphin, Jef Verheyen, Günther Uecker, Günther Uecker and Jef Verheyen installing 'Vlaamse Landschappen', 1967.Photography, black-and-white photograph.
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>Gerald Dauphin, Jef Verheyen, Günther Uecker, Günther Uecker and Jef Verheyen installing 'Vlaamse Landschappen', 1967.Photography, black-and-white photograph.
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>Jef Verheyen, Günther Uecker, Lothar Wolleh , Signed photo of Günther Uecker with inscription 'Jef, in deine reine Vision des Lichts möchte ich mit meinen Nageln eindringen. Uecker 67', 1967.Photography, ink on photograph.
>Dani Franque, Jef Verheyen, Rotraut Klein, Galerie Carrefour, Rochus Kowallek, Günther Uecker, Maria Gilissen Broodthaers, Dani Franque, Jef Verheyen, Rotraut Klein, Marcel Stal, Rochus Kowallek and Günther Uecker (left to right) at the opening of 'Lichtkathedralen' in Galerie Carrefour, Brussels, 1967.Photography, photograph.
>Jef Verheyen, Günther Uecker, Vlaamse Landschappen, 1967.Poster, ink on paper, 97,3 x 70, 3 cm.
>Günther Uecker, Umrahmen, 1972.Sculpture, nails on woorden frame, 80 x 80 cm.
>Jef Verheyen, Günther Uecker, • 0831 • Untitled, 1979.Painting, matt lacquer on canvas, 65 x 65 cm.
>Jef Verheyen, Günther Uecker, Sammlung Lenz, Travel schedule (Romania, visiting Brancusi's birth house with Günther Uecker and Gerhard & Anna Lenz), 1983.Text, pencil and ink on paper, 2 sides.
>Günther Uecker, Uecker - Bibliophile Werke, 1983.Book, ink, paper, 29.6 x 16.2 cm, language : German, author : Jürgen Harten, publisher : Städtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf & Galerie der Stadt Esslingen am Neckar.
>Günther Uecker, Lichtkugel.Sculpture.
Exhibitions & Ensembles
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> Exhibition: Farbsinn. 27 February 1969 - 07 April 1969.
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> Exhibition: Jef Verhejen. .
> Exhibition: Jef Verheyen. 24 November 1956 - 14 December 1956.
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> Exhibition: Jef Verheyen. 26 April 1959 - 09 May 1959.
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> Exhibition: Jef Verheyen - Peintures monochromes. 29 April 1960 - 05 June 1960.
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> Exhibition: Jef Verheyen - Schilderijen. 17 October 1959 - 06 November 1959.
> Exhibition: Jef Verheyen. Window on Infinity. 23 March 2024 - 18 August 2024.
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> Exhibition: Klein - Rotraut - Uecker - Verheyen. 20 October 1965 - 07 November 1965.
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> Exhibition: Kreislauf der Farben. 28 September 1973 - 11 November 1973.
> Exhibition: LATT: new art in Antwerp 1958-1962 #3 creating totally new media. 24 May 2012 - 02 September 2012.
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> Exhibition: Lichtkathedralen. 01 May 1967 - 30 June 1967.
> Exhibition: Paul De Vree: Neonlicht [Paul De Vree: Neon Light]. 05 October 2012 - 20 January 2013.
> Exhibition: Vision in Motion / Motion in Vision. 21 March 1959 - 03 May 1959.
> Ensemble: Artist Books.
> Ensemble: Jef Verheyen - ARCHIVE.
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> Ensemble: Jef Verheyen - Atelier Les Talons.
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> Ensemble: Jef Verheyen - Ateliers.
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> Ensemble: Jef Verheyen - Ceramics .
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> Ensemble: Jef Verheyen Digital Platform.
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> Ensemble: Jef Verheyen - Monographic exhibition catalogues.
> Ensemble: Jef Verheyen - OEUVRE.
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> Ensemble: Jef Verheyen - Photographs.
> Ensemble: Jef Verheyen - Shared Works.
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> Ensemble: Jef Verheyen - Solo Exhibitions Posters.
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> Ensemble: Jef Verheyen - Travel Notes.
> Ensemble: Jef Verheyen - Works from the 1970s.
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> Ensemble: kunstenaarsboeken uit de jaren '80 [artists' books from the 80s].
> Ensemble: Window on Infinity - Room 01.
> Ensemble: Window on Infinity - Room 03.
> Ensemble: Window on Infinity - Room 07.
> Ensemble: Window on Infinity - Room 08.
> Ensemble: Window on Infinity - Room 10.
> Ensemble: Window on Infinity - Room 11.