until Sunday November 20 2016

Haus der kunst
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Prinzregenten strasse 1
80538 München
Germany

"For me my sun is, like all images, a functional object for seeing, for feeling, for dreaming, for understanding." In these words Michael Buthe (1944–1994) describes one of his central, recurrent motifs

The retrospective at the Haus der Kunst combines loosely chronological important work groups. There are the early drawings of the 1960s and 1970s, the large-format fabric images, paintings, sculptures, assemblages including the only two remaining of his major installations, which appeal to all the senses of the audience, making Michael Buthe's spatial thinking tangible.

Photo: Michael Buthe, My Love to Etienne, 1969, Kunstmuseum Luzern, photo Andri Stadler, Luzern © Pro Litteris, Zürich © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, 2015