Marcela Böhm. City And People.

Obrist Gallery shows new works by Buenos Ayres born artist Marcela Böhm. Urban pictures have become an important subject for her, and we have the pleasure to present several of these pictures for the first time in our exhibition. Marcela Böhm. City And People. 9 May – 13 June, 2015 Opening Reception Friday, 8 May, …

Art Karlsruhe 2015

TILL AUGUSTIN – MARCELA BÖHM – SIMONE HAACK – ARMIN HARTENSTEIN – ROBIN HORSCH – DIETER KRÄNZLEIN – HEINZ MACK – DIETER NUHR – PETER SCHLÖR – MARTIN SCHWENK – ANDREAS TITZRATH – GÜNTHER UECKER We cordially invite you to our booth in hall 2/ #E12 at Art Karlsruhe. This year we will be showing: …

Detlef Orlopp – Photography.

At the same time to his upcoming exhibition at Museum Folkwang Obrist Gallery shows works by German photographer Detlef Orlopp (*1937). Orlopp was a student of Otto Steinert in Saarbruecken, and he moved with Steinert to Folkwangschule Essen in 1959. Nevertheless he is only partly a supporter of Steinert’s “Subjektive Fotografie”, because of its formative …

Exhibition with Dieter Nuhr

“Each form has its own means of expression. With language I can be ironic, but through the pictorial language the world seems more serious to me.”, says well-known humorist Dieter Nuhr about the two great creative poles in his life. Beyond the stage world he devotes his time to photography. His work does not represent …

Opening Hours

Current Opening Hours: Tuesday, 30 Dec., 12-18h Wednesday, 31 Dec., 10-13h From Friday, 2 January, 2015 again we have our regular opening hours. Until 10 Jan., 2015: WUNDERTÜTE 2014 / BORDERLINES Next exhibition: DIETER NUHR. Photography. 31 Jan. – 11 March, 2015 We wish you a Happy New Year!

CONTEXT Art Miami 2014

From upcoming Tuesday the gallery again shows a selection of its programme at CONTEXT Art Miami, booth #E72. For the first time we present works by Armin Hartenstein, Bodo Korsig and Jürgen Paas, and like in 2013 Marcela Böhm und Ted VanCleave. CONTEXT Art Miami, booth #E72 VIP Preview December 2, 2014 General Admission December …

Wundertüte 2014

Last Friday we started our yearly event “Wundertüte – Die Kunst in Tüten”, many artists and 150 visitors attending. Again we had a big press of people with only about 80 bags remaining. At Kunst-in-Tueten.de you can order online. Participating artists 2014: Till Augustin, Wiebke Bartsch, Marcela Böhm, Ralf Bohnenkamp, Helge Emmaneel, Michael Goller, Simone …

Kunst 14 Zurich

30 October through 2 November Kunst Zurich will take place again, the only remarkable artfair in Switerland beside Art Basel. This fair is already existing for 20 years, and the jubilee will be celebrated adequately. Galerie Obrist will be showing at booth A1 works by: Till Augustin, Marcela Böhm, Armin Hartenstein, Bodo Korsig, Jürgen Paas …

WAZ reports on Cartier-Bresson and Capa

Article on our current exhibition in the Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, 24 September, text by Martina Schürmann, photograph by Knut Vahlensieck. (pdf 750kb, german) Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Capa: The Decisive Moment. 06 Sep.-18 Oct., 2014 Opening Reception: Friday, 5 Sep., 2014, 19h

Recommended Exhibitions

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WAZ on Sign, Pattern, Ornament

WAZ- Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung published a report by Martina Schürmann on our current exhibition: “Die Bilder werden zur Bühne” (“Images become the stage”) | WAZ.de – Read more HERE! Zeichen – Muster – Ornament (Sign – Pattern – Ornament) Group Show 28 June – 23 August, 2014 Opening Reception 27 June, 2014, 7 p.m.[/lang_en-us]

Sign – Pattern – Ornament

The stronger the artistic autonomy, the more the ornament turns into an accessory part: In the 21st century this rule does not apply anymore, as trend-setting exhibitions by the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg and the Fondation Beyeler worked out, that ornament currently resurrects as the carrier of a global pictorial language. Geometric, floral and calligraphic ornaments are …