Peter Brötzmann Left / Right
July 27 - August 17, 2013
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Peter Brötzmann
Untitled (landscape)
2013
watercolor and ink wash on found paper
13 3/4 x 18 5/8 inches
Peter Brötzmann
Untitled (house)
2013
painted wooden box construction with painted and shaped wood
9 1/4 x 15 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches
Peter Brötzmann
Untitled (potted plant I)
2013
watercolor on glassine
9 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches
Peter Brötzmann
Untitled (potted plant II)
2013
watercolor on glassine
10 1/8 x 7 1/4 inches
Peter Brötzmann
Untitled (cloud)
2013
painted wooden box construction with metal and shaped and painted wood
10 x 14 x 2 3/4 inches
Peter Brötzmann
Untitled (cloud)
2013
wooden box construction with shaped wood and shaped and painted metal
12 1/2 x 14 x 3 3/4 inches
Peter Brötzmann
Untitled
2013
painted wooden box construction
8 x 10 1/4 x 2 1/2 inches
Peter Brötzmann
Untitled (‘Le Flambeau’)
2013
painted cardboard box construction with found metal and wire
4 1/4 x 6 1/4 x 2 inches
Peter Brötzmann
Untitled (potted flowers II)
2013
watercolor on Japanese paper
10 3/16 x 13 1/2 inches
Peter Brötzmann
Untitled (potted flowers I)
2013
watercolor on Japanese paper
9 1/2 x 13 3/16 inches
Peter Brötzmann
Untitled (Links mit Links)
2013
watercolor and ink on found and folded paper
8 3/8 x 11 3/4 inches
Peter Brötzmann
Untitled (Rechts mit Links)
2013
watercolor and ink on found and folded paper
8 x 11 1/2 inches
Peter Brötzmann
Untitled (Links mit Rechts)
2013
watercolor and ink on found and folded paper
9 1/4 x 11 1/2 inches
Peter Brötzmann
Untitled (Rechts mit Rechts)
2013
watercolor and ink on found and folded paper
9 1/8 x 10 11/16 inches
Peter Brötzmann
Untitled (hands)
2012
ink wash on found paper
13 3/4 x 16 1/2 inches
Peter Brötzmann
Clarinet Bells
2012
charcoal and ink on found paper with tape backing
9 3/16 x 12 3/8 inches
Peter Brötzmann
Untitled (trees)
2012
ink on notebook paper
10 3/4 x 16 11/16 inches
Peter Brötzmann
Untitled (cup and saucer)
2012
ink on notebook paper
10 3/4 x 16 11/16 inches
Peter Brötzmann
Untitled (landscape)
2012
painted wooden box construction with painted paper and shaped metal
5 3/4 x 8 3/4 x 1 1/2 inches
Peter Brötzmann
Untitled (Wuppertal landscape)
2012
painted cardboard box construction with graphite and shaped metal
5 3/4 x 8 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches
Peter Brötzmann
Untitled (landscape)
2012
painted wooden box construction with shaped metal, painted foam, and copper wire
6 1/4 x 8 x 3 1/4 inches
Peter Brötzmann
Untitled (landscape)
2012
painted metal and shaped and painted wood, mounted on wood
6 x 7 1/4 x 2 inches
Peter Brötzmann
Pendulum and Cone II
2012
wooden box construction with wooden stand, metal weights, leather cord, and nail
16 3/4 x 9 x 4 3/4 inches
Peter Brötzmann
Untitled (landscape)
2011
wooden box construction with shaped wood and metal
12 1/4 x 18 1/2 x 6 inches
Peter Brötzmann
Untitled (landscape)
2011
painted cardboard box construction with painted metal, foam, and cut paper
7 1/4 x 5 1/2 x 3 1/4 inches
Peter Brötzmann
Untitled (snakes)
2012
watercolor on found and folded paper
9 1/2 x 11 inches
Peter Brötzmann
Untitled
2012
pastel on found paper
10 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches
Peter Brötzmann
Solid and Spirit
2011
ink wash and graphite on found paper
8 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches
Peter Brötzmann
Untitled
2011
ink and acrylic on found paper folder
13 1/2 x 18 1/2 inches
Peter Brötzmann
Rain Cloud
2011
ink wash and stain on found paper
10 x 11 inches
Peter Brötzmann
Untitled
2011
wooden box construction with shaped wooden object, metal, plexi, and organic fibers
4 x 9 1/2 x 2 1/2 inches
Peter Brötzmann
Untitled (bird)
2011
wooden box construction with painted and shaped wood
8 3/4 x 5 1/2 x 2 inches
Press Release
Corbett vs. Dempsey is pleased to announce Left / Right , an exhibition of new works by Peter Brötzmann. In his third solo show at Corbett vs. Dempsey, the German artist and musician presents a group of drawings made with both hands, as well as box assemblages made since 2011. The ambidextrous drawings—landscapes, still lives, portraits of one hand composed by the other – are often executed with both hands simultaneously, the mirror image including a text description, also going opposite directions. Delicate, intimate works, they possess a palpable vulnerability, recalling the methods of Dieter Roth and the simplicity of Emil Nolde. Brötzmann has been constructing box works since the 1960s; the most recent ones have a renewed power and unusually vivid colors, perhaps suggesting a more optimistic outlook, or at least a sunny moment. Wood, metal, fabric—basic materials assembled into wondrous miniature worlds.
Brötzmann’s work is currently the subject of a major survey at the International Center of Graphic Arts
in Ljubljana, Slovenia. A full-color, 48-page catalog, with an essay by Jim Dempsey, accompanies the exhibition.An opening reception will be held at Corbett vs. Dempsey on Saturday, July 27, 2013, from 5:00 – 8:00pm.