Franz Gertsch
Blow Up. A Retrospective
12 December 2024 – 5 May 2025
About the exhibition
Swiss artist Franz Gertsch (1930–2022) is regarded as a pioneer of photorealism and a master of modern woodcut. In the second half of the 20th century, he coined a new notion of realism in painting and achieved worldwide fame with his works.
From 13 December 2024 through 4 May 2025, the retrospective exhibition at Deichtorhallen Hamburg provides a comprehensive overview of more than 60 years of his artistic work: On display are large-format paintings up to six meters width of the youth and music scenes of the 1970s, iconic portraits of women from the 1980s, epic landscapes and depictions of nature from the last two decades, as well as monumental woodcuts.
Catalog
An English-language book on the exhibition was published by Louisiana Publications with texts by Tobias Bezzola, Kathleen Bühler, Dora Imhof and Ulrich Loock, among others. 153 p.,.H 30.5 cm x 21.5 cm, 39,40 €
