Size: 196 x 135.5 cm
on the painter's loom a sticker with the description of the work
State of preservation
the work will be included in the artist's catalog raisonné being prepared by Michael Baudson
Origin
artist's studio
collection of Thomas Lenk
heirs of Thomas Lenk
Galerie Schlichtenmaier, Grafenau
Galerie Michael Haas, Berlin
private collection, Berlin
Exhibited
"Magie der Zahl in der Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts," Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart, 01.02-19.05.1997
Thomas Lenk & Friends, Schloss Dätzingen, Galerie Schlichtenmaier, Grafenau, 29.09-10.11.2018
Angelika Platen. Zwiegespräche, Galerie Michael Haas, Berlin, 20.02-26.03.2022
Literature
Bożena Kowalska, Roman Opałka, Kraków 1976, p. 56 (mentioned)
Magie der Zahl in der Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts, exhibition catalog, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart 1997, cat. no. 7.44, p. 268
Joanna and Paweł Sosnowski, Opałka. Index. Conversations with Roman Opalka at Bazérac, Warsaw 2016, pp. 60, 239-241
2019, Galerie Haas, exhibition catalog, Galerie Michael Haas - Berlin, Galerie Michael Haas - Zürich, Berlin-Zurich 2019, pp. 85-86 (ill.).
Angelika Platen. Zwiegespräche, exhibition catalog, Galerie Michael Haas, Berlin 2022, p. 42 (ill.)
Biography
Spent the war in Germany, returned to France in 1945, came to Poland a year later. In 1950 he graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz, and in 1950-56 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. Since 1965 he was active in France. A representative of conceptualism. Initially, he created acidorites (including the series Describing the World); later, spatial compositions made of canvas, called "hoverboards"; and from 1965 he began to cover his canvases, which he called "details" with rows of consecutive numbers, starting from one (the first was written with numbers from 1 to 35327), which was supposed to reflect the passage of time. The canvases were accompanied by a photograph of the artist's face showing signs of aging and a recording of his voice. He is the recipient of many awards, including: C.K. Norwid Art Criticism Award. He participated in the Sao Paulo Biennale (1969 and 1977), Documenta in Kassel (1977 ), Venice Biennale (1995).