Art Calendar, 17 August 2022

Edward Bekkerman - "Labyrinths of Love" at Osthaus Museum Hagen - 

Making the invisible visible

17 September 2022 to 15 January 2023

Edward Bekkerman, Rights by ABA Gallery New York

Düsseldorf, 17 August 2022: The Osthaus Museum Hagen presents the first museum exhibition "Labyrinths of Love" by the American artist Edward Bekkerman. "Labyrinths of Love" features over 40 works ranging from Bekkerman's early mythical "Angels" and "Guardians" from the 1990s to his latest expressive series "Faces", "Victories", "Samurais" and "Labyrinths of Love". 

Edward Bekkerman's works are characterised by figuration, expressive abstraction, themes of spirituality, universal truths and symbolism. New York journalist and author Phoebe Hoban, who has also written a biography of Jean-Michel Basquiat, writes of the artist: "Edward Bekkerman has always focused on otherworldly entities: Angels, spirits, mythical, labyrinthine lovers, mystical figures that appear in dreams." "Edward Bekkerman's work plays with different levels of reality and consciousness, it hints at intermediate worlds," writes Prof. Dr. Irene Daum, science and culture journalist, in the foreword of the exhibition catalogue.

This is the first solo museum exhibition of Edward Bekkerman's work in Germany. For Dr Tayfun Belgin, museum director of the "Osthaus Museum Hagen, Edward Bekkermann's paintings have an "enigmatic dimension that inspires visitors to engage intensively, indeed, as it were, demands a discussion."

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Düsseldorf, 17 August 2022: Das Osthaus Museum Hagen zeigt die erste museale Ausstellung „Labyrinths of Love“ des amerikanischen Künstlers Edward Bekkerman. „Labyrinths of Love“ zeigt über 40 Werke von Bekkermans frühen mythischen „Angels“ und „Guardians“ aus den 1990er Jahren bis hin zu seinen neusten expressiven Serien „Faces“, „Victories“, „Samurais“ und „Labyrinths of Love“. 

Die Werke von Edward Bekkerman zeichnen sich aus durch Figuration, expressive Abstraktion, Themen der Spiritualität, universelle Wahrheiten und Symbolik. Die New Yorker Journalistin und Autorin Phoebe Hoban, die auch eine Biographie von Jean-Michel Basquiat verfasst hat, schreibt über den Künstler: "Edward Bekkerman hat sich schon immer auf jenseitige Wesenheiten konzentriert: Engel, Geister, mythische, labyrinthische Liebespaare, mystische Figuren, die in Träumen auftauchen.“ „Edward Bekkermans Werk spielt mit unterschiedlichen Realitäts- und Bewusstseinsebenen, es lässt Zwischenwelten erahnen.“ schreibt Prof. Dr. Irene Daum, Wissenschafts- und Kulturjournalistin, im Vorwort des Ausstellungskatalogs.

Es ist die erste museale Einzelausstellung von Edward Bekkermans Werk in Deutschland. Für Dr. Tayfun Belgin, Museumsdirektor des „Osthaus Museum Hagen haben Edward Bekkermann Bilder eine „enigmatische Dimension, die die Besucher zu einer intensiven Beschäftigung anregen, ja gleichsam eine Diskussion einfordern.“

Edward Bekkerman, Rights by ABA Gallery New York

Osthaus Museum Hagen ©Werner Hannappel

Biography: 

Born in 1958, Edward Bekkerman studied at the Art Students League art school in New York, founded in 1875, where Jackson Pollock, Alexander Calder, Man Ray, Louise Bourgeois, Roy Lichtenstein, Norman Rockwell, Georgia O'Keeffe, Mark Rothko, Robert Rauschenberg and Frank Stella, among others, also studied. Edward Bekkerman's works are in the permanent collection of the State Russian Museum in St. Petersburg, the Moscow MOMA and in many private and corporate collections worldwide.

Further information: https://www.edwardbekkermanart.com/

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Der 1958 geborene Edward Bekkerman studierte an der 1875 gegründeten Kunsthochschule Art Students League in New York, an der u.a. Jackson Pollock, Alexander Calder, Man Ray, Louise Bourgeois, Roy Lichtenstein, Norman Rockwell, Georgia O’Keeffe, Mark Rothko, Robert Rauschenberg und Frank Stella auch studierten. Edward Bekkermans Werke befinden sich in der ständigen Sammlung des Staatlichen Russischen Museums in St. Petersburg, des Moskauer MOMA und in vielen Privat- und Unternehmenssammlungen weltweit.

Weitere Infos: https://www.edwardbekkermanart.com/

Edward Bekkerman "Labyrinths of Love"

17 September 2022 to 15 January 2023

Osthaus Museum Hagen

Museumspl. 1, 58095 Hagen

osthausmuseum.de

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