German Pop: In pictures
12 August 2015
The bold and brilliant pioneers who shaped Germany's 1960s pop art scene were celebrated in an exhibition at the Schirn Kunsthalle in Frankfurt from November 2014 - February 2015.
‘German Pop’ brought together 150 artworks and documentary materials from 34 artists. Joining the great Gerhard Richter and Sigmar Polke were Konrad Lueg, Manfred Kuttner, Lothar Fischer and a line-up of less familiar names.
In an era when eyes were focussed on Britain and America, West Germany was evolving its own unique brand of Pop Art. Here is our selection from the show.
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The unsung heroes of German pop art
How the "neglected artists" of Germany's 1960s pop art movement belatedly found the recognition they deserve at an exhibition at Frankfurt’s Schirn Kunsthalle.
Artwork information
Hermann Albert - Frau 7, 1969 Galerie Poll Berlin © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2014
Bettina von Arnim - Hosenträger, 1970 Galerie Poll Berlin © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2014
Thomas Bayrle - Ajax, 1966 MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt am Main Photo: Rudolf Nagel, Frankfurt am Main
Werner Berges - Die Beiden, 1967 © DavisKlemmGallery Photo: Gregor Zawadzki
Christa Dichgans - Stillleben mit Frosch, 1969 Private collection Courtesy Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin Photo: Jochen Littkemann
Winfred Gaul - Lincoln's Dream, 1962 © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2014 Photo: Dieter Schleicher, Karlsruhe
Reinhold Heller - Auto, 1968 Felt-tip pen on paper 51.5 x 40.6 cm Sammlung Margit Heller Photo: © Franz Heller
Konrad Klapheck - Zwei Kameraden, 1966 Öl auf Leinwand 100 x 80 cm Stiftung Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf Stiftung Sammlung Kemp Inv.-Nr. 0.mkp.2011.Kemp.107 Photo: Stiftung Museum Kunstpalast, Horst Kolberg / Artothek © Konrad Klapheck / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2014
Florian Köhler - Ohne Titel, ca. 1967 © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2014 Photo: Hayo Heye
Manfred Kuttner - Schreibmaschine, 1963 Photo: Stiftung Museum Kunstpalast, Horst Kolberg / Artothek © Estate Manfred Kuttner
Uwe Lausen - Pilot, 1966 Private collection © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2014 Photo: fluid archives
Konrad Lueg - Boxer, 1964 Sammlung Kaspar Fischer, Bochum © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2014
Sigmar Polke - Junge mit Zahnbürste, 1965 © The Estate of Sigmar Polke / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2014 Photo: Anne Gold
Heimrad Prem - Paolo Marinotti und Ira von Fürstenberg, 1967 Photo: Andreas Pauly © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2014
Gerhard Richter - Motorboot 1. Fassung, 1965 Gerhard Richter Archiv, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden © Gerhard Richter, 2014
Peter Roehr - Untitled (FO-16), 1964 Paper on carton 30 x 31 cm Private collection © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2014.
Helmut Sturm - Ohne Titel, 1965 © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2014 Photo: Andreas Pauly
Wolf Vostell - Dutschke, 1968 © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2014
Lambert Maria Wintersberger - Spaltung 10, 1969 © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2014 Photo: Friedrich Rosenstiel, Cologne
The original version of this article was published in November 2014, to accompany the opening of the German Pop exhibition.
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