Alberto Giacometti
The Origin of Space
Retrospective of the mature work
20 November 2010 – 6 March 2011
Hollerplatz 1
38440 Wolfsburg
Germany
www.kunstmuseum-wolfsburg.de
For the first time in twelve years, the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg presents the mature work of one of the most important artists of the twentieth century in Germany. The exhibition comprising circa sixty sculptures and thirty paintings as well as several drawings primarily explores the space-creating power of Alberto Giacometti’s (1901—1966) work. With his view of the relationship between space, time and figure, Giacometti can literally be characterized as the inventor of virtual space. Giacometti’s vision of inscribing his figures with their own
inherent space and their own
inherent temporality is now realized by means of an exhibition architecture that has been tailor-made for his sculptures.
*Image above:
Collection Foundation Giacometti, Paris (Inv. Nr.: 1994-0186).
Photo by Jean-Pierre Lagiewski.
© ADAGP/Fondation Giacometti, Paris/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2010.
