Hardback, black and white images, 78 pages, W205 x H250mm
This is the first major presentation of Max Klinger’s extraordinary
work in the UK for many years. Drawn from the collection of the Museum
der Bildenden Kunste, Leipzig, the final list of works was determined
by a curatorial team that included Christiane Baumgartner, the
Leipzig-based artist whose solo exhibition took place at Ikon at the
same time.
For Max Klinger, printmaking, and specifically etching, was
a major part of his artistic output. He insisted that this kind of
work, drawn and monochrome, had the greatest potential for poetic
invention, and that painting, by contrast, was more suitable for the
representation of the material world. Born in 1857, Klinger finally
achieved public acclaim through an exhibition at the Leipzig Museum in
1892.