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In collaboration with the Whitechapel Gallery, Haus der Kunst will open a major exhibition of works by Wilhelm Sasnal. As a painter and filmmaker Sasnal finds inspiration in a vast number of subject matter, from icons of pop culture and portraits of his closest family and friends, to the unsettling realities of the Second World War. The artist depicts these subjects through a combination of styles which intertwine romanticism with realism, and pop with abstraction to create a unique and personal documentation of life today. The presented works demonstrate Sasnal’s expertise in and enthusiasm for the history of painting. The exhibition will display works from the last two decades including over sixty paintings and a selection of films.

Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
3 February – 13 May 2012

For further information please visit the Haus der Kunst website.

Paintings by Mary Heilmann are currently on show in the Stavanger Kunstmuseum’s exhibition, ‘Sidetracks – Painting in the Paramodern Continuum’, on view until 13 May 2012. The exhibition features artists who work with a tension between realism and modernism, often described as ‘the paramodern’ – a movement that floats alongside Modernism. The abstraction in works from this genre may at first appear to be figurative but the paint strokes create an abstraction that seems to almost dissolve the surface of the canvas. This style of painting, developed in reaction to the minimalism of the Avant–Garde movement of the 1940s and 1950s, will also be explored in the accompanying exhibition catalogue.

Stavanger Kunstmuseum, Stavanger, Norway
20 January – 13 May 2012

For further information please visit the Museums website.

As part of his two-part programme at the Armory Center for the Arts, Richard Jackson will fly and crash a radio-controlled model military plane filled with paint into a twenty-foot wall that reads ‘Accidents in Abstract Painting’. This exciting outdoor event is part of the Getty’s Performance Art and Public Art Festival, part of ‘Pacific Standard Time: Art in LA 1945 – 1980’.

The detritus and video documentation from the crash will go on display alongside other works by Jackson at the Armory Center for the Arts from 12 February – 10 June 2012.

For further information please visit the Armory Center website

Works by Phyllida Barlow and Henry Moore will go on show at Museum Ludwig, Cologne, as part of the exhibition ‘Before the Law’. Taking its name from a Franz Kafka parable, the exhibition is dedicated to exploring the theme of the human condition and its fragility. For this exhibition Barlow has created new works that respond to the space, which are displayed alongside post-war figurative sculpture and contemporary installations. ‘Before the Law’ has been curated by Professor Kasper König and Dr. Thomas Trummer.

Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
17 December 2011 – 22 April 2012

For further information please visit the Museum Ludwig website.

A selection of Roman Signer’s most compelling photographs and films will go on display at the Aargauer Kunsthaus. ‘Strassenbilder (Street Views)’ will make up the first part of the exhibition, focusing on photographs taken during Signer’s extensive travels throughout Eastern Europe. The first 24 photographs of ‘Strassenbilder (Street Views) depict lovingly decorated memorials created in homage to victims of road accidents. These will sit in stark contrast to a further 24 images that depict small stalls selling an array of food. A visual dialogue is born out of the works, encouraging the viewer to contemplate life and death at the roadside. The second part of the exhibition presents large-scale projections of 30 Super 8 films, created by Signer between 1975 and 1989.

Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Switzerland
28 January – 22 April 2012

For further information please visit the Aargauer Kunsthaus website.