László Lakner. Bilder, Skulpturen, Zeichnungen
24 November 2018 to 5 January 2019 ⟶ Corneliusstraße
Exhibition View

Exhibition View
from left to right:
Untitled, 2006, Book object (red), 30 x 42 cm (SOLD)
Untitled, 2000, Book object (orange), 30 x 38 cm (SOLD)
O.T. (Schwitters), 1976, oil/canvas, 190 x 140 cm
Untitled, 2006, Book object (red), 30 x 42 cm (SOLD)
Untitled, 2000, Book object (orange), 30 x 38 cm (SOLD)
O.T. (Schwitters), 1976, oil/canvas, 190 x 140 cm

from left to right:
Untitled, 2006, Book object (red), 30 x 42 cm (SOLD)
Untitled, 2000, Book object (orange), 30 x 38 cm (SOLD)
O.T. (Schwitters), 1976, oil/canvas, 190 x 140 cm
Untitled, 2006, Book object (red), 30 x 42 cm (SOLD)
Untitled, 2000, Book object (orange), 30 x 38 cm (SOLD)
O.T. (Schwitters), 1976, oil/canvas, 190 x 140 cm
from left to right:
Handwritten music by Beethoven,1973, oil/canvas,140 x 190 cm
Untitled,2006, Book object (red), 30 x 42 cm (SOLD)
Untitled, 2000, book object (orange), 30 x 38 cm(SOLD)
Handwritten music by Beethoven,1973, oil/canvas,140 x 190 cm
Untitled,2006, Book object (red), 30 x 42 cm (SOLD)
Untitled, 2000, book object (orange), 30 x 38 cm(SOLD)

from left to right:
Handwritten music by Beethoven,1973, oil/canvas,140 x 190 cm
Untitled,2006, Book object (red), 30 x 42 cm (SOLD)
Untitled, 2000, book object (orange), 30 x 38 cm(SOLD)
Handwritten music by Beethoven,1973, oil/canvas,140 x 190 cm
Untitled,2006, Book object (red), 30 x 42 cm (SOLD)
Untitled, 2000, book object (orange), 30 x 38 cm(SOLD)
from left to right: Head, 2013-15, oil/canvas, 200 x 150 cm
Mythical Head, 1986, bronze sculpture, approx. 22 x 85 x 30 cm Handwritten music by Beethoven, 1973, oil/canvas, 140 x 190 cm
Mythical Head, 1986, bronze sculpture, approx. 22 x 85 x 30 cm Handwritten music by Beethoven, 1973, oil/canvas, 140 x 190 cm

from left to right: Head, 2013-15, oil/canvas, 200 x 150 cm
Mythical Head, 1986, bronze sculpture, approx. 22 x 85 x 30 cm Handwritten music by Beethoven, 1973, oil/canvas, 140 x 190 cm
Mythical Head, 1986, bronze sculpture, approx. 22 x 85 x 30 cm Handwritten music by Beethoven, 1973, oil/canvas, 140 x 190 cm
Notenhandschrift von Beethoven, 1973, oil/canvas, 140 x 190 cm

Notenhandschrift von Beethoven, 1973, oil/canvas, 140 x 190 cm
Mythical head, 1986, bronze sculpture, approx. 22 x 85 x 30 cm

Mythical head, 1986, bronze sculpture, approx. 22 x 85 x 30 cm
Head, 2013-15, oil/canvas, 200 x 150 cm

Head, 2013-15, oil/canvas, 200 x 150 cm
Untitled (Scripture), 1978, oil/paper/canvas, 190 x 140 cm

Untitled (Scripture), 1978, oil/paper/canvas, 190 x 140 cm
Partial view of the exhibition

Partial view of the exhibition
left: Razglednica, 1984, mixed media/paper, 15,5 x 11 cm
right: Whose name was writ on water, 1984, mixed media/paper, 17,8 x 13 cm
right: Whose name was writ on water, 1984, mixed media/paper, 17,8 x 13 cm

left: Razglednica, 1984, mixed media/paper, 15,5 x 11 cm
right: Whose name was writ on water, 1984, mixed media/paper, 17,8 x 13 cm
right: Whose name was writ on water, 1984, mixed media/paper, 17,8 x 13 cm
Untitled, 1992, ink/paper, 28 x 45 cm

Untitled, 1992, ink/paper, 28 x 45 cm
Duchamp, 1986-1989, oil/canvas, 200 x 150 cm

Duchamp, 1986-1989, oil/canvas, 200 x 150 cm
E.P. (Ezra Pound), 1987-90, oil/canvas, 198 x 150 cm

E.P. (Ezra Pound), 1987-90, oil/canvas, 198 x 150 cm
Partial view of the exhibition

Partial view of the exhibition
Oberon, 1976, oil/canvas, 180 x 102 cm

Oberon, 1976, oil/canvas, 180 x 102 cm
Untitled (Visual Poetry), 1987, oil/canvas, 157 x 124 cm

Untitled (Visual Poetry), 1987, oil/canvas, 157 x 124 cm
Partial view of the exhibition

Partial view of the exhibition
Untitled, 1999, oil/canvas, 39 x 38 cm (SOLD)

Untitled, 1999, oil/canvas, 39 x 38 cm (SOLD)
Hommage à Dubuffet, 1983, Bronce sculpture, Ed. V, approx. 64.5 x 19 x 26 cm

Hommage à Dubuffet, 1983, Bronce sculpture, Ed. V, approx. 64.5 x 19 x 26 cm
For László Lakner, language is material for his work. Its sensually tangible forms, writing as well as sound, are depicted in multi-layered relationships between painting and text, image and writing, communication and understanding. Lakner works historically. Material legacies of history become the occasion for images. Here, it is not the major events that come to the fore, but traces are sought, selected or imagined that stand apart from historiography. Letters, manuscripts, marginal notes and similar marginalia form the first occasion for a painting through their visual formal appeal of handwriting. By transforming the written image into a written image, Lakner sketches portrait features of a person. The artist's interest is always ignited by what is personally unmistakable about the collected originals. The personality of a well-known literary figure that shimmers out of the writing, the note, the poem collage, but especially the corrected text, the characteristics of distinctiveness and individuality tempt Lakner to appropriate the original image as a model. Linguistic and visual communication complement each other, merge with each other and formulate a complexion of the various historical perspectives and references. (Text: Dirk Teuber)