{"product_id":"9783775763844","title":"A National Gallery","description":"Michael Werner is one of the most internationally influential gallerists of the post-war period. His first exhibition in 1963 caused a scandal, as did many thereafter. Yet he was never interested in provocation as an end in itself, but always in art's ability to resist rigid structures and assert its own reality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this book, Werner tells of his childhood during the Second World War and of the struggles to find his way. He recounts working with artists, arguing with them, failing spectacularly, and achieving great successes. His accounts, together with photographs and documents, not only form an impressive contemporary record, but also show that the artistic tensions that emerged back then are far from exhausted.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichael Werner\u003c\/strong\u003e, born 1939, is a German art dealer and gallerist. His gallery Michael Werner, now based in Berlin, which during his long career also had presences in Cologne, London, New York, Paris, and Athens, is one of the most internationally influential galleries in post-war history. With it, he sustainably established artists such as Georg Baselitz, A. R. Penck, Markus Lüpertz, Jörg Immendorff, Per Kirkeby, Marcel Broodthaers, and Sigmar Polke.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNils Emmerichs\u003c\/strong\u003e, born 1988, studied art history and philosophy in Düsseldorf, Basel, and Karlsruhe. He earned his doctorate on the influence of fine art on Heiner Müller's work. For the Kunsthalle Bielefeld, he supervised and curated exhibitions by Michael Majerus, Olaf Nicolai, and Andreas Schulze, and conceived a series of events with Rosemarie Trockel. As an author and editor, he has published texts on Marcel Odenbach, Leiko Ikemura, Ulrich Rückriem, and A. R. Penck, among others.","brand":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57824445169928,"sku":"9783775763844","price":23.53,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8948\/8049\/files\/odoo_9783775763844.jpg?v=1778826770","url":"https:\/\/hatjecantz.com\/products\/9783775763844","provider":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","version":"1.0","type":"link"}