Imi Knoebel

Imi Knoebel, born Klaus Wolf Knoebel (1940), is a German artist. He is known primarily for his minimalist and abstract painting and sculpture.

Knoebel was born in Dessau, Germany, in 1940. [ [http://www.getty.edu/vow/ULANFullDisplay?find=&role=&nation=&subjectid=500124422 ULAN Full Record Display (Getty Research) ] ] From 1964 to 1971, he studied under Joseph Beuys at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf with fellow students Blinky Palermo (with whom he shared a studio) and Jörg Immendorff. [ [http://www.diacenter.org/exhibs_b/knoebel/ Imi Knoebel ] ]

Knoebel's work explores the relationship between space, picture support and color. [ [http://www.kettererkunst.com/bio/ImiKnoebel-1940.shtml Imi Knoebel - Biography and Offers ] ] The style and formal concerns of his painting and sculpture have drawn comparisons with the high modernist principles of both Kazimir Malevich and the Bauhaus [John-Paul Stonard: "Knoebel, Imi" Grove Art Online. Oxford University Press, [14-02-2007] , http://www.groveart.com/]

Knoebel's works are held in numerous public collections, including in Beacon, New York, the Fonds Regional d'Art Contemporain (FRAC) in France, the Kunstmuseum St.Gallen in Switzerland, the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen in Germany and Malmö Konsthall in Sweden.

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Further reading

* "Imi Knoebel: Works 1968–1996" (exh. cat, Amsterdam, Stedelijk Mus. and elsewhere, 1996).