Michael Baumgartner

Paul Klee

Henie-Onstad kunstsenter

"For Paul Klee, both as an artist and as a teacher, nature was an inexhaustible source of inspiration; a large part of his oeuvre depicts gardens and parks - from reallocations such as the Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Worlitz or Hammamet in Tunisia to imaginary, sometimes dreamlike and sometimes exotic, products of fantasy portraying ominous plant worlds. Klee (1879-1940) also paid special attention to plant structure and growth; on walks he would often collect flowers, evergreens, and leaves, expertly identifying and storing them in a herbarium." "With over one hundred and forty color illustrations, this publication reveals the multifaceted temperament of Klee's lifelong "dialogue with nature." His complex approach, on the one hand analytically objective and on the other radically subjective, is also explored, as is his understanding of art as a process of creation similar to nature itself."--BOOK JACKET.

Exhibition , Bergen Art Museum, January 8 - March 15, 2009 ; Henie Onstad Art Centre, Oslo, October 2 - December 7, 2008 ; Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, May 17 - August 31, 2008

In Paul Klee's Enchanted Garden

Hito Steyerl

Pablo Lafuente

Tone Hansen

Maria Muhle

Kunstsentret. Høvikodden

Karin Hellandsjø

This book gives an overview and insight into the unique collection of the Norwegian art collector Erling Neby. Erling Neby is an owner of one of the most important and precious private collections of constructivist and concrete art in Europe, and even worldwide. But he's also a Hi-Fi connoisseur and successful businessman. Neby's collection provides a personal view of concrete and geometric constructivist art as seen by the collector. Over a period of thirty years, Neby has been building up his collection in Oslo, a collection which is today unequalled in the Nordic countries and is world-renowned. Among the artists included in the collection are: Josef Albers, Olle Baertling, Jean Dewasne, Emilio Gilioli, Jan Groth, Arne Malmedal, Aurelie Nemours, Lars G. Nordström, Paul Osipow, Jesus Rafael Soto, Victor Vasarely, and Thornton Willis.

The Erling Neby Collection

Henie-Onstad kunstsenter

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