In Jan Groth - Drawings, sculptures and tapestries, art historian Peter S. Meyer portrays the uncompromising artist's life and practice. Based on an investigation of drawing in an expanded field, the book opens up the intensity of an artistry that, more than anything else, is concerned with the creation of the work of art and the feelings it arouses in the viewer.
Jan Groth (1938-2022) dedicated his artistic practice to investigating line in drawings, sculptures and tapestries. From lyrical-abstract paintings in the 1950s, he moved to a minimalistic and monochrome idiom, where the line became the main motif. With his international breakthrough at the Betty Parsons Gallery in New York in 1972, he came among equals on the American avant-garde art scene, and he is today represented in leading art museums in the USA and Europe.
Author: Peter S. Meyer
Number of pages: 288
Publisher: Gad
Language: Danish