Peter Klasen

 
Peter Klasen (born 1935 in Lübeck, Germany) is a German painter, photographer and sculptor. After studying at the Fine-Arts in Berlin, he moved to Paris in 1959 and became one of the leading figures of the New Figuration, alongside Valerio Adami, Erró, Jacques Monory, Bernard Rancillac and Hervé Télémaque. The staging of recurrent themes (industry, confined space and signage) and his "mechanized" technics (airbrush and stencils) contribute to the distancing from the subjects: containers, railings, road signs, locks…

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Peter Klasen - Une œuvre en responsabilité - Œuvre de 1959 > 2021
2021
French edition
Jannink - Wide Open
Reference monograph: a selection of 320 works, 30 texts and interviews, 150 archive photographs.
Peter Klasen - L\'Image la ville - Limited edition
1999
French edition
Jannink - L'art en écrit
Unpublished text with an original and unique collage with airbrush, signed by the artist.


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