NEW YORK, Nyehaus is pleased to present Michel Würthle and His Companions: Too Far for Binoculars.
The concept of the show is to create a dense tapestry of the past, present and hopefully future of my own artworks and collaborations with people (artists and artisans) since 1960 in Vienna until this current exhibition at Nyehaus. Since the age of 15, I sought the company and friendship of artists. Throughout my life, the judgement and opinion of a few (a very few) artists is for me of the highest importance. To be an “artist’s artist” gives me the satisfaction I need. This is what I seek. For this exhibition, I selected works that related to my reality, my life: paintings, drawings, writings, posters, books, movies and architectures. The more outrageous the density of works, the better. The fact remains that if I can prove to myself that these four decades of struggle have been worth it, I’ll be satisfied. My first impulse was to include merely 20 to 30 people in this exhibition orgy- but after several months of working on the project I discovered that I needed to drastically increase this number due to my commitment to authenticity (although this is not necessarily my primary fetish). Too many of these people are dead, some are famous, some have been dismissed from art and others, like myself, are still living and producing. Recently, I created a painting with Haralampi Oroschakoff. At this very moment I am also working with Herbert Volkmann, and with Daniel Richter on a large oil on canvas… hoping that it dries before shipping to New York. During my years of friendship with Damien Hirst, we produced close to a dozen paintings together (in the Atelier of Nazi Breker). One from this group, Crime In Oil, has shipped to New York already. Apart from my art productions, I eat my way through a mountain of memorabilia; material that will serve to feed the vitrines as well as the catalogue that will be produced later this summer. If one inch of wall space remains, I will stuff it full with some kind of media. I am in a rage and jive has taken over! Post-exhibition depression here I come. — Michel Würthle, Berlin
Artists Included:
Caterina Würthle
Carolina Würthle
Cosima von Bonin
Ingrid Wiener
Renate Geiss
Sarah Lucas
Maria Papadimitriou
Elfie Semotan
Elfie Tripamer
Ina Barfuss
Pia Dehne
Diana von Hohenthal
Christina Gartner
Al Hansen
Martin Kippenberger
Markus Lüpertz
Dieter Roth
Oswald Wiener
Herbert Volkmann
Hubert Kiecol
Christopher Wool
Walter Pichler
Raimund Abraham
Haralampi G. Oroschakoff
Friedrich Carl Würthle
Fritz Würthle
Nicola Cipani
Christopher William
Kurt Kocherscheidt
Werner Büttner
Markus Oehlen
Andrea Stappert
Christian Steinmeier
Albert Oehlen
Wilfried Mistlberger
Heimito von Doderer
H.C. Artmann
Thomas Wachweger
Otto Mühl
Attersee
Manuel Bonik
Jürgen Teller
Vassilis Kalantzis
Julian Schnabel
Jörg Immendorff
Björn Roth
André Rival
Bernd Koberling
Erwin Kneihsl
Konrad Bayer
Daniel Richter
Hubert Fichte
Damien Hirst
Peter Pilz
Fritz Sammer
Günther Brus
Helmut Middendorf
Fritz Larenz
Chèri Samba
Robin Page
Arnulf Rainer
Guy Debord
Gerhard Rühm
Daniel Charms
Rosa Pock
Christian Bernard
Maria Würthle
Jeanette Papazoglou
John Fotopoulos
Herbert Fuchs
Jonathan Meese
Jean Marc Patras
Jean Paul Jacobs
Gunther Sachs
Reinald Nohal
Jörg Schlick
Johannes Wohnseifer
Michael Krebber
Roberto Ohrt
Diederich Diedrichsen
Robert Klemmer
Ferry Rodax
Otto Kelmer
Robert Lucander
Alfred Kubin
Emmett Williams
Daniel Spoerri
Valeria Heisenberg
Franz Vana
Stephen Prina
Savinio
Eckart Britsch
Meuser
Raymond Pettibon
Pierre Klossowski
Ruth francken
Peter Weibel
Birgit Dieker
Julia Strauss
Gerd van Dülmen
Caroline Stummel
Jörg Schlick
The concept of the show is to create a dense tapestry of the past, present and hopefully future of my own artworks and collaborations with people (artists and artisans) since 1960 in Vienna until this current exhibition at Nyehaus. Since the age of 15, I sought the company and friendship of artists. Throughout my life, the judgement and opinion of a few (a very few) artists is for me of the highest importance. To be an “artist’s artist” gives me the satisfaction I need. This is what I seek. For this exhibition, I selected works that related to my reality, my life: paintings, drawings, writings, posters, books, movies and architectures. The more outrageous the density of works, the better. The fact remains that if I can prove to myself that these four decades of struggle have been worth it, I’ll be satisfied. My first impulse was to include merely 20 to 30 people in this exhibition orgy- but after several months of working on the project I discovered that I needed to drastically increase this number due to my commitment to authenticity (although this is not necessarily my primary fetish). Too many of these people are dead, some are famous, some have been dismissed from art and others, like myself, are still living and producing. Recently, I created a painting with Haralampi Oroschakoff. At this very moment I am also working with Herbert Volkmann, and with Daniel Richter on a large oil on canvas… hoping that it dries before shipping to New York. During my years of friendship with Damien Hirst, we produced close to a dozen paintings together (in the Atelier of Nazi Breker). One from this group, Crime In Oil, has shipped to New York already. Apart from my art productions, I eat my way through a mountain of memorabilia; material that will serve to feed the vitrines as well as the catalogue that will be produced later this summer. If one inch of wall space remains, I will stuff it full with some kind of media. I am in a rage and jive has taken over! Post-exhibition depression here I come. — Michel Würthle, Berlin
Artists Included:
Caterina Würthle
Carolina Würthle
Cosima von Bonin
Ingrid Wiener
Renate Geiss
Sarah Lucas
Maria Papadimitriou
Elfie Semotan
Elfie Tripamer
Ina Barfuss
Pia Dehne
Diana von Hohenthal
Christina Gartner
Al Hansen
Martin Kippenberger
Markus Lüpertz
Dieter Roth
Oswald Wiener
Herbert Volkmann
Hubert Kiecol
Christopher Wool
Walter Pichler
Raimund Abraham
Haralampi G. Oroschakoff
Friedrich Carl Würthle
Fritz Würthle
Nicola Cipani
Christopher William
Kurt Kocherscheidt
Werner Büttner
Markus Oehlen
Andrea Stappert
Christian Steinmeier
Albert Oehlen
Wilfried Mistlberger
Heimito von Doderer
H.C. Artmann
Thomas Wachweger
Otto Mühl
Attersee
Manuel Bonik
Jürgen Teller
Vassilis Kalantzis
Julian Schnabel
Jörg Immendorff
Björn Roth
André Rival
Bernd Koberling
Erwin Kneihsl
Konrad Bayer
Daniel Richter
Hubert Fichte
Damien Hirst
Peter Pilz
Fritz Sammer
Günther Brus
Helmut Middendorf
Fritz Larenz
Chèri Samba
Robin Page
Arnulf Rainer
Guy Debord
Gerhard Rühm
Daniel Charms
Rosa Pock
Christian Bernard
Maria Würthle
Jeanette Papazoglou
John Fotopoulos
Herbert Fuchs
Jonathan Meese
Jean Marc Patras
Jean Paul Jacobs
Gunther Sachs
Reinald Nohal
Jörg Schlick
Johannes Wohnseifer
Michael Krebber
Roberto Ohrt
Diederich Diedrichsen
Robert Klemmer
Ferry Rodax
Otto Kelmer
Robert Lucander
Alfred Kubin
Emmett Williams
Daniel Spoerri
Valeria Heisenberg
Franz Vana
Stephen Prina
Savinio
Eckart Britsch
Meuser
Raymond Pettibon
Pierre Klossowski
Ruth francken
Peter Weibel
Birgit Dieker
Julia Strauss
Gerd van Dülmen
Caroline Stummel
Jörg Schlick
