Almine Rech Gallery is pleased to present A New Spirit Then, A New Spirit Now, 1981-2018. Curated by Norman Rosenthal, this exhibition reconstructs and reinterprets A New Spirit in Painting, a seminal presentation of 20th-century painting at the Royal Academy of Arts in London co-curated by Rosenthal with Christos Joachimides and Nicholas Serota in 1981.
A New Spirit Then, A New Spirit Now, 1981-2018
Curated by Norman Rosenthal
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London, Grosvenor Hill
Opening reception
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2018
From 6 to 8 pm
October 02 — November 17, 2018 • London, Grosvenor Hill
October 02 — November 17, 2018 • London, Grosvenor Hill
October 02 — November 17, 2018 • London, Grosvenor Hill
October 02 — November 17, 2018 • London, Grosvenor Hill
October 02 — November 17, 2018 • London, Grosvenor Hill
October 02 — November 17, 2018 • London, Grosvenor Hill
October 02 — November 17, 2018 • London, Grosvenor Hill
October 02 — November 17, 2018 • London, Grosvenor Hill
October 02 — November 17, 2018 • London, Grosvenor Hill
October 02 — November 17, 2018 • London, Grosvenor Hill
October 02 — November 17, 2018 • London, Grosvenor Hill
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Susan Rothenberg, Pink Raven, 2012
Pink Raven, 2012
Oil on canvas
159 x 122 cm
62 5/8 x 48 inches -
Malcolm Morley , Knight Collection, 2016
Knight Collection, 2016
Oil on linen
132 x 132 x 6 cm (framed)
52 x 52 x 2 3/8 inches (framed) -
Malcolm Morley , St. George and the Dragon, 2016
St. George and the Dragon, 2016
Oil on linen
132 x 132 x 6 cm (framed)
52 x 52 x 2 3/8 inches (framed) -
Rainer Fetting , Prophet at the Sea of Galilee, 2007
Prophet at the Sea of Galilee, 2007
Oil on canvas
210 x 160 cm
82 5/8 x 63 inches -
Julian Schnabel, Ascension IV, 2015
Ascension IV, 2015
Inkjet print, ink, and spray paint on polyester
213,4 x 158,8 x 5,1 cm
84 x 62 1/2 x 2 inches -
Francesco Clemente, Tower of Song, 2017
Tower of Song, 2017
Oil on canvas
221 x 181 cm
87 x 71 1/4 inches -
Georg Baselitz, Wo ist die Haselnuß?, 2017
Wo ist die Haselnuß?, 2017
Oil on canvas
300 x 207 cm
118 1/8 x 81 1/2 inches -
Per Kirkeby, Untitled, 2005
Untitled, 2005
Oil on canvas
200 x 150 cm
78 3/4 x 59 inches -
Markus Lüpertz, Vision de Poussin, 2012
Vision de Poussin, 2012
Mixed media on board in artist’s frame
61 x 104,1 cm
24 x 41 inches -
Maria Lassnig, Samson, 1983
Samson, 1983
Oil on canvas
230 x 164 x 6 cm (framed)
90 1/2 x 64 5/8 x 2 3/8 inches (framed) -
Frank Auerbach, David Landau Seated, 2013-15
David Landau Seated, 2013-15
Oil on Canvas
75,5 x 70,6 x 7,2 cm (framed)
29 3/4 x 27 3/4 x 2 7/8 inches (framed) -
A.R. Penck , Plato, Sokrates und Aristoteles - 6, 1996
Plato, Sokrates und Aristoteles - 6, 1996
Acrylic on canvas
100 x 140 cm
39 3/8 x 55 1/8 inches -
David Salle, Mid-Summer, 2017
Mid-Summer, 2017
oil, acrylic, flashe, charcoal and archival digital print on linen
233,8 x 170 x 4,4 cm
92 x 66 7/8 x 1 3/4 inches -
Hello and Goodbye, 2014-15
Hello and Goodbye,
2014-2015
Oil on wood
30.2 x 66 cm
11 7/8 x 26 Inches
Press release
Selected press
- 'A New Spirit Then, A New Spirit Now, 1981-2018', Studio International, November 2018 — 775.9 kB
- 'Revisiting Norman Rosenthal's "A New Spirit in Painting"', The Economist, October 2018 — 516.8 kB
- 'Our pick of shows in commercial galleries this month', The Art Newspaper, October 2018 — 94.2 kB
- 'Painting's Patriarchal Spirit', Hyperallergic, October 2018 — 895.1 kB
- 'Revisiting "A New Spirit" Nearly 40 Years Later', Blouin Modern Painters, October 2018 — 1.7 MB
- 'Frieze London', Christie's Magazine, October 2018 — 454.7 kB
- 'Get set for Frieze', Evening Standrad, September 2018 — 1.0 MB
- 'Critic's choice by Jackie Wullschlager', The Financial Times, September 2018 — 2.8 MB