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Ben Willikens
Artist's Name: Ben Willikens
Preferred medium: painting
birth year: 1939
Nationality: DE
City: Stuttgart

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For three years duration, Ben Willikens studied Leonardo da Vinci's »Last Supper« in the former Dominican Monastery Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan. In 1979 he completed this artistic dialogue, which was documented in numerous conceptual drawings and a monumental panel painting. After a period of almost 30 years, the panel painting will be exhibited in Stuttgart for the very first time. Discarding the Apostles and the figure of Christ or further narrative elements, the artist has reduced the biblical scene to the essential architectural distribution of light and space; the art-historical model has been compressed in order to unveil its relevance for contemporary times. Furthermore, the Kunstmuseum will present the complete series »ORTE« in the exhibition. In these works Willikens addresses existing architectural monuments built in the 1930s, including buildings in Nuremberg, Berlin , and Munich, to symbolize the omnipotence of the NS dictatorship. However, devoid of all insignia of power, they reveal their fatal countenance: Darkness dominates the work, and behind it death and destruction inevitably lurk. The series was executed between 1996 and 1999, including ten canvases and fifteen gouaches. It was purchased by the »Daimler Art Collection« as a permanent loan for the Kunstmuseum Stuttgart . (Kunstmuseum Stuttgart)

important exhibitions from Ben Willikens

Exhibition Location City Country Date
Ben Willikens: Space as an Image Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig Leipzig DE 29.05.2011
Ben Willikens Licht und Dunkel Kunstmuseum Stuttgart Stuttgart DE 25.07.2009
Ben Willikens Das Abendmahl und das DAM Deutsches Architektur Museum (DAM) Frankfurt DE 31.10.2009
75/65 Der Sammler, das Unternehmen und seine Kollektion Museum Würth Künzelsau DE 25.04.2010
Auf den zweiten Blick - Werke aus der Sammlung kunsthalle weishaupt Ulm DE 09.10.2011
Ben Willikens Carol Johnssen München DE 27.05.2008
Before and After Minimalism Fundación Juan March Madrid ES 22.05.2007
Zu[m] Tisch! Meisterwerke aus der Sammlung Ludwig Ludwig Galerie Schloss Oberhausen Oberhausen DE 13.06.2010

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Galleries representing
Ben Willikens:

Carol Johnssen
Frankfurter Kunstkabinett Hanna Bekker vom Rath
Galeri Artist Istanbul
Galerie Hans Mayer
Galerie Peter Zimmermann
Galerie Schlichtenmaier - Grafenau

Collections representing
Ben Willikens

Busch-Reisinger Museum
Daghan Ozil Collection
Harvard Art Museum
Kunsthalle Mannheim
Kunsthalle Recklinghausen
kunsthalle weishaupt
Kunstmuseum Celle mit Sammlung Robert Simon
Sammlung der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Städtische Galerie Karlsruhe
Volpinum Kunstsammlung
ZKM - Museum für Neue Kunst