German contemporary art gallery
TheGalerie Konrad Fischer is a Germancontemporary art gallery. It was founded in 1967 by Dorothee and Konrad Fischer inDüsseldorf , in a disused alley in the center of the city.[ 1] [ 2]
The gallery's first exhibition presented the work ofCarl Andre to European audiences.[ 2] [ 3] The gallery has focused onminimal art ,conceptual art andarte povera since its founding.[ 4] [ 5] [ 6]
The gallery has exhibited contemporary artists includingBernd and Hilla Becher ,Wolfgang Laib ,Jim Lambie ,Sol LeWitt ,Bruce Nauman , Manfred Pernice,Thomas Schütte ,Gregor Schneider ,Robert Smithson , andPaloma Varga Weisz .[ 7] Artists who had their first solo exhibitions with him includedRichard Long ,Hanne Darboven ,Lawrence Weiner andOn Kawara .[ 8]
During the 1970’s, the gallery expanded its operations, with spaces in Zurich and Rome (with the Italian art dealer Gian Enzo Sperone). Between 1975[ 9] and 1982, Konrad Fischer was a partner in Sperone Westwater Fischer, a New York gallery that later re-branded as Sperone Westwater.[ 8]
In 2007 the gallery opened an additional space in Berlin.[ 10] [ 11] In 2019, it moved to a new space in an old transformer station.[ 12]
The state ofNorth Rhine-Westphalia acquired 250 works from the estate of the gallery's founders in 2014.[ 13]
Konrad Fischer Galerie represents numerous living artists, including:
In addition, the gallery manages various artist estates, including:
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