Ferdinand Penker

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Ferdinand Penker (* 1950 in Klagenfurt , † 2014 in Farrach ) was an Austrian painter.

life and work

Ferdinand Penker first studied medicine and art history in Graz. From 1977 to 1987 he taught as a professor at the University of California at Davis . With his work he repeatedly posed questions about contemporary art , especially questions about structure and order, form and space, as well as line and color. His way of working was characterized by work blocks within which he created individual, progressive series that differed only slightly. In the 1990s, he expanded this way of working, which tended to be minimalist, monochrome and radically decelerated painting, into space. His work is generally influenced by constructive and concrete ideas as well as AmericanColor field painting and assigned to Minimal Art . Both the canvases and the works on paper by Ferdinand Penker address the painting itself, the process of creation and the different possibilities of perception.

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 1981: Vienna Secession (A)
  • 1984: "A Room With A View", KALA Institute, Berkeley, California (USA)
  • 2000: 97-99 Sclater Street, London (GB)
  • 2003: "A Murder of Crows", book project, Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz (A)
  • 2006: "Obraselecta", NOSPACE, Casa Amarilla, San Jose, Costa Rica
  • 2008: "45 Views of a Square", Machiya Bunka Center, Tokyo (JP); Artist's Lodge, Ratingen (D)
  • 2010: Museum of Modern Art Carinthia, Klagenfurt (A)
  • 2010: "Yamanote", Sclater Street Platform, London (GB)
  • 2015: Gallery next to St. Stephan, Vienna (A)
  • 2015: "Ferdinand Penker Memorial Exhibition", Museum of Perception MUWA, Graz (A)
  • 2018: Daniel Marzona, Berlin (D)

Monographs

  • Christine Wetzlinger-Grundnig (Ed.): Ferdinand Penker. Monograph was published on the occasion of the exhibition at the Museum Moderner Kunst Kärnten, 2010, ISBN 978-3-85415-464-8

Individual evidence

  1. ^ STANDARD Verlagsgesellschaft mbH: Ferdinand Penker: Krähenmord und other abstractions . In: derStandard.at . ( derstandard.at [accessed on February 15, 2018]).
  2. ↑ Penker, Ferdinand, 1950-, Wetzlinger-Grundnig, Christine., Museum of Modern Art. <Klagenfurt>.: Ferdinand Penker: [Museum of Modern Art Carinthia, Klagenfurt, December 16, 2010 to February 28, 2011] . Ritter, Klagenfurt 2010, ISBN 978-3-85415-464-8 .
  3. ^ Gallery next to St. Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwälder. Retrieved February 15, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Ferdinand Penker. In: Website Daniel Marzona. Daniel Marzona, accessed on March 8, 2018 (German).
personal data
SURNAME Penker, Ferdinand
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian painter
DATE OF BIRTH 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Klagenfurt
DATE OF DEATH 2014
Place of death Farrach