Wolfgang Laib for Jakob Bräckle in Winterreute

The exhibition, curated by Wolfgang Laib and Carolyn Laib, links the work of two artists who, at first sight, seem to be completely different. Jakob Bräckle (1897–1987) is one of the most im-portant Upper Swabian painters of the 20th century. With sparing painterly means, he captured the surrounding landscape and defined the image of the region. Wolfgang Laib (*1950) is one of most significant contemporary artists. With recurring, but continuously evolving groups of works composed of natural materials, such as pollen, and informed by Eastern and Western philosophies, he explores a potential space of reflection and contemplation.

Although the artistic approaches and means are completely different, these two oeuvres are united by their concentration on the elemental, the essential. The artists shared a yearslong, mutually enriching friendship. Wolfgang Laib met Jakob Bräckle early in life. His enthusiasm for art was in part kindled by his exchange with the artist from Winterreute.

A special venue was chosen for the exhibition, the studio house Jakob Bräckle built in Winterreute in the 1930s. Since 2023, the studio house has been owned by the town of Biberach as an important cultural asset in Upper Swabia. »Wolfgang Laib for Jakob Bräckle in Winterreute« is the first exhibition of the Museum Biberach at this location. Through subtle, artistic interventions, the exhibition draws poetic and philosophical connections between the life and work of the two artists.

Publication

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  Artikel-Nr.: 3760.604.2 Wolfgang Laib für Jakob Bräckle in Winterreute

  The exhibition publication is not an exhibition catalog in the classical sense, but an artist's book designed by Wolfgang Laib for Jakob Bräckle.
  
  Author: Wolfgang and Carolyn Laib with Judith Bihr
  ISBN: 978-3-9825631-1-4
  Language: German / English

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