GERT MARCUS


exhibition view, Konstruktiv Tendens, 2005.
photo Françoise Ribeyrolles-Marcus
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In the Cube, 1957

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From the White, 1980
BIOGRAPHY

Born 1914 in Hamburg, lives in Stockholm, Sweden, since 1933.
Painter, sculptor, graphic artist and theoretician.
In his work Gert Marcus shows an unbroken constructive line since
1949 and he works principially with
colour-space problems.

 
SELECTED ONE-MAN EXHIBITIONS
Svensk-Franska Konstgalleriet, Stockholm 1952
Galerie Colette Allendy, Paris, 1956 and 1960
Moderna Museet, Stockholm 1986
Galleri Konstruktiv Tendens, Stockholm 1986, 1989, 1994, 1998
Galleri Ars Nova, Gothenburg 1990 and 1993
Skissernas Museum, Lund 1998
Sofiero castle and gardens 2002
Galleri Konstruktiv Tendens, Stockholm 2002
Galleri C. Hjärne, Helsingborg 2002
Galleri Konstruktiv Tendens, Stockholm 2005

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1955 Skulptur i Natur, Norrvikens Trädgårdar, Båstad
1956 Espace, Konstmuseum, Norrköping
1956-1980 Salon des Réalités Nouvelles, Paris
1957 Structures, Bordeaux och Toulon 1958
1961-1983 Salon de la Jeune Sculpture, Paris
1962-1965 Mesure, vandringsutställning i Tyskland
1964 Konst i betong, Moderna Museet, Stockholm
1969-1973 Biennale di Scultura, Carrara (IT)
1978 Konstruktivister, Kulturhuset, Stockholm
1980 Konkret Konst, Kulturhuset,Stockholm
1980 Grands et Jeunes, Grand Palais, Paris
1982 Konsekvens, Liljevalchs Konsthall
1986 Skulptur ” Det vita rummet” Liljevalchs Konsthall
1987-1988 Konkret i Norden, Helsingfors (SF), Norrköping, (S) Oslo (N) Reykjavik (IS) Odense ( DK)
1988 Wanås park
1991 Trent’anni da Sem , Pietrasata (I)
1994 Millesgården, Stockholm
1986-2007 Galleri Konstruktiv Tendens, Stockholm
2006 Studio L2, Stockholm
2007 Studio L2, Stockholm
2007 Geflohen aus Deutschland, Hamburgsmuseum, Hamburg (D)


SELECTED PUBLIC WORKS
Sankt Mikaels kapell, Mora, 1952-1954
Sergelteatern, Stockholm, 1958-1959
En inre delning, Karlaplan, Stockholm, 1965-1966. Santelena marble and diabas
Colour-distance composition, Flemingsberg, 1969-1974
Corpus and Line, Stadsparken, Lund, 1980-1982. Carrara marble
Colour space, St. Göran Hospital, Stockholm, 1983-1984
My Quadrature, Hjelmsjöborg, Örkelljunga, 1983-1984. Carrara marble
Centripetal, centrifugal cube, The Art Museum, Norrköping1984-1985. Carrara marble
My Quadrature, Eilat, Israel, 1989-1990. Carrara marble
The Underground station Bagarmossen, Stockholm, 1990-1994
The Sequence of Dihedrons, Lindholmens kunskapscentrum, Gothenburg, 1966-1994
Dihedron, Sveavägen, Stockholm, 1998. Colour-pigment, steel
Expansion of the Circle, sculpture garden, Skissernas museum, Lund, 1989. Statuario marble
Centripetal, centrifugal Sphere, Turano Lodigiano, Italy, 2000. Carrara marble
Färgdistanser, acrylic glass , colour, Town Library, Flemingsberg, Stockholm, 2002
163, marble, Värnamo, Sweden, 2003

Vertikal Enhet, S:t Sigfrids griftegård, Borås, Sweden, 2005

 
LITERATURE
Konstrevyn, 1, Stockholm 1953.
Konkret Konst, Vilhelm Bjerke Petersen, Stockholm 1956
Aujour d'hui, 31, Paris
Architectural Forum, Dec. New York 1957
Paletten, 3, Gunnar Hellman, Gothenburg 1965
Artitudes, 24-26, Françoise Ribeyrolles-Marcus, Paris 1975
Artes, 4, K G Nilson, Stockholm 1982
Arte Contemporanea, Lara Vinci Masini, vol. 3, page 401-404, Guinti, Firenze 1996
Bianco il Colore dell'Animo, Guido Oldani, Luoghi Dell'Infinito, Milano 1999

Analytical text by Gert Marcus:
“A visit to Georges Vantongerloo“, Paletten . Göteborg 1956.
“A Color System for Artists“ Leonardo vol.9 1976
“Notes on Colour and Colours in Art“, published in connection with the exhibition at the museum of modern art in Stockholm 1986.
“Vantongerloo – Marcus”, letters and notes, No. 7, writings published by the Academy of Art, Raster Förlag Stockholm 2000.

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