von Bartha

Barry Flanagan

Retrospective
21.05.21 – 31.07.21

Installation View, Barry Flanagan at von Bartha, Basel, 21 May – 31 July 2021. Image courtesy the Estate of Barry Flanagan and von Bartha. Photo: Simon Schwyzer.
Installation View, Barry Flanagan at von Bartha, Basel, 21 May – 31 July 2021. Image courtesy the Estate of Barry Flanagan and von Bartha. Photo: Simon Schwyzer.
Installation View, Barry Flanagan at von Bartha, Basel, 21 May – 31 July 2021. Image courtesy the Estate of Barry Flanagan and von Bartha. Photo: Simon Schwyzer.
Installation View, Barry Flanagan at von Bartha, Basel, 21 May – 31 July 2021. Image courtesy the Estate of Barry Flanagan and von Bartha. Photo: Simon Schwyzer.
Installation View, Barry Flanagan at von Bartha, Basel, 21 May – 31 July 2021. Image courtesy the Estate of Barry Flanagan and von Bartha. Photo: Simon Schwyzer.
Installation View, Barry Flanagan at von Bartha, Basel, 21 May – 31 July 2021. Image courtesy the Estate of Barry Flanagan and von Bartha. Photo: Simon Schwyzer.
Installation View, Barry Flanagan at von Bartha, Basel, 21 May – 31 July 2021. Image courtesy the Estate of Barry Flanagan and von Bartha. Photo: Simon Schwyzer.
Installation View, Barry Flanagan at von Bartha, Basel, 21 May – 31 July 2021. Image courtesy the Estate of Barry Flanagan and von Bartha. Photo: Simon Schwyzer.
Installation View, Barry Flanagan at von Bartha, Basel, 21 May – 31 July 2021. Image courtesy the Estate of Barry Flanagan and von Bartha. Photo: Simon Schwyzer.
Installation View, Barry Flanagan at von Bartha, Basel, 21 May – 31 July 2021. Image courtesy the Estate of Barry Flanagan and von Bartha. Photo: Simon Schwyzer.

A solo exhibition of work by Welsh artist Barry Flanagan will be presented across the Basel gallery’s two main spaces, 21 May – 31 July 2021. Taking the form of a retrospective, the show will cover a variety of Flanagan’s practice from different periods of his career, revealing the diversity of the artist’s work and the continual reinvention of his practice and approach to art making. After establishing himself as a leading figure of the avant-garde, a concrete poet and a pataphysician whilst studying at Central St Martins in the 1960s, Flanagan quickly received international acclaim for his inventive approach to materials, which aligned him with the emergent art movements of Arte Povera, Land Art and Process Art. Later in his career, Flanagan began to explore more traditional materials and methods, working with stone and bronze, producing his dynamic and often monumental hare sculptures. The gallery will produce a newspaper publication to coincide with the exhibition.

Artist
Barry Flanagan

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Location

von Bartha, Basel
Kannenfeldplatz 6
4056 Basel
Switzerland
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Website
https://www.vonbartha.com

Published on: 20.03.21