10.12.2010 - 12.02.2011
JULIJE KNIFER
Solo exhibition at ARNDT, Berlin

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ARNDT is pleased to announce the opening of the first solo exhibition of the Croatian artist JULIJE KNIFER in Berlin on 9 December 2010. The show will be on view from 10 December 2010 until 12 February 2011.
In 1960 the first meander-painting was created by Julije Knifer and with it he discovers the ideal form of expression for his ‘anti-painting’. By using monotone rhythms and the intense contrasts of black and white, he resisted the criteria of the modernity. Knifer used this consciously chosen formal expression stoically from 1960 until his death in 2004. He himself defined it as ‘non-development’: ‘non-development’ as the concept for the elimination of any kind of development under the principal of the repetition of an almost identical motif.

Julije Knifer, Exhibition at ARNDT Berlin 2010 Julije Knifer, Exhibition at ARNDT Berlin 2010 Julije Knifer, Exhibition at ARNDT Berlin 2010 Julije Knifer, Exhibition at ARNDT Berlin 2010 Julije Knifer, Exhibition at ARNDT Berlin 2010 Julije Knifer, Exhibition at ARNDT Berlin 2010 Julije Knifer, Exhibitionview "Julije Knifer", ARNDT Berlin 2010 Julije Knifer, Exhibitionview "Julije Knifer", ARNDT Berlin 2010 Julije Knifer, IX / VIII - II TU HDA, 1987, acrylic on canvas, 200 x 165 cm | 78.74 x 64.96 in, # KNIF0005 Julije Knifer, IX / VIII - II TU HDA, 1987, acrylic on canvas, 200 x 165 cm | 78.74 x 64.96 in, # KNIF0005 Julije Knifer, V / VIII - IX TU HDA, 1987, acrylic on canvas, 200 x 165 cm, # KNIF0002 Julije Knifer, V / VIII - IX TU HDA, 1987, acrylic on canvas, 200 x 165 cm, # KNIF0002 Julije Knifer, VIII / VIII - II TU HDA, 1987, acrylic on canvas, 200 x 165 cm | 78.74 x 64.96 in, # KNIF0001 Julije Knifer, VIII / VIII - II TU HDA, 1987, acrylic on canvas, 200 x 165 cm | 78.74 x 64.96 in, # KNIF0001 Julije Knifer, IV / VIII - IX TU HDA, 1987, acrylic on canvas, 200 x 165 cm | 78.74 x 64.96 in, # KNIF0003 Julije Knifer, IV / VIII - IX TU HDA, 1987, acrylic on canvas, 200 x 165 cm | 78.74 x 64.96 in, # KNIF0003 Julije Knifer, Untitled, 1997 / 1998, graphite on paper, framed 102,5 x 72,5 cm | 40.35 x 28.54 in, # KNIF0012 Julije Knifer, Untitled, 1997 / 1998, graphite on paper, framed 102,5 x 72,5 cm | 40.35 x 28.54 in, # KNIF0012 Julije Knifer, Untitled, 1983, graphite on paper, framed 102,5 x 72,5 cm | 40.35 x 28.54 in, # KNIF0013 Julije Knifer, Untitled, 1983, graphite on paper, framed 102,5 x 72,5 cm | 40.35 x 28.54 in, # KNIF0013 Julije Knifer, Untitled, 1999 / 2001, graphite on paper, framed 108 x 78,5 cm | 42.52 x 30.91 in, # KNIF0011 Julije Knifer, Untitled, 1999 / 2001, graphite on paper, framed 108 x 78,5 cm | 42.52 x 30.91 in, # KNIF0011 Julije Knifer, 10-14. III. 79 ZG, 1979, graphite on paper, 36 x 50 cm | 14.17 x 19.69 in, # KNIF0006 Julije Knifer, 10-14. III. 79 ZG, 1979, graphite on paper, 36 x 50 cm | 14.17 x 19.69 in, # KNIF0006 Julije Knifer, 14.-18. III. 79 ZG, 1979, graphite on paper, 36 x 50 cm | 14.17 x 19.69 in, # KNIF0007 Julije Knifer, 14.-18. III. 79 ZG, 1979, graphite on paper, 36 x 50 cm | 14.17 x 19.69 in, # KNIF0007 Julije Knifer, 21-28. XII 78, 1979, graphite on paper, 36 x 50 cm | 14.17 x 19.69 in, # KNIF0008 Julije Knifer, 21-28. XII 78, 1979, graphite on paper, 36 x 50 cm | 14.17 x 19.69 in, # KNIF0008 Julije Knifer, Untitled, 1975 / 2002, full steel, 33 x 30 x 30 cm | 12.99 x 11.81 x 11.81 in, edition 2 of 3, # KNIF0009 Julije Knifer, Untitled, 1975 / 2002, full steel, 33 x 30 x 30 cm | 12.99 x 11.81 x 11.81 in, edition 2 of 3, # KNIF0009