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April - July 2005
Hachmeister Gallery: Münster, Germany, presents the one-person show
Mark Tobey - Light Space from 28 April to 17 July. A splendid catalogue book will accompany this exhibition with works from 1944 to 1971. |
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Heiner Hachmeister (Ed.)
MARK TOBEY – Light Space
New edition in English language
Texts by Wesley Wehr, Matthias Bärmann, Kosme de Barañano, Heiner Hachmeister
57 illustrations in color, biography with extensive and actual exhibition index and extensive bibliography
totally 152 pages. format 31 x 24 cm.
hardcover in color, half-linen, Edition 2.000 ex.
Hachmeister Verlag Münster December 2004
HACHMEISTER VERLAG, Klosterstr. 12, 48143 Muenster, Germany
Tel +49-251-51210 Fax +49-251-57217
hachmeister.galerie@t-online.de
price € 64,00 ( US $ 83.00 ) |
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When we consider Mark Tobey's many journeys to various continents and his active interest in things other than painting, such as music, literature, religion, and philosophy, then it becomes clear that Tobey was one of the few of his generation of American artists who actually opened a door to still broader experiences. His work shows an important influence on European and American painting. Morris Graves, working near Seattle, used Tobey’s white writing to add a mystic level to his animalistic figures. Italians Tancredi and Mario Deluigi openly yet superficially imitated Tobey. In the degree of abstraction, the compositional schemes, and the all-over notion of Tobey’s paintings, Jackson Pollock recognized an opportunity to move beyond the discourse surrounding the Surrealists who had |
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