Günther Uecker was one of the most active, internationally successful and popular artists in Germany. His name is inextricably linked with the legendary Group Zero, and his nail reliefs in particular are highly regarded around the world. Most recently, in January 2025, Günther Uecker’s four ten-meter-high blue glass windows “Lichtbogen” were inaugurated for Schwerin Cathedral in his native Mecklenburg. Uecker’s multifaceted work also includes stage sets and scenic designs for opera and drama.
In an exhibition that has long been planned with Günther Uecker as part of this year’s Munich Opera Festival, we are showing set designs and costume figures that Uecker created for Richard Wagner’s “Lohengrin” production at the Bayreuth Festival 1979-1982.
On the occasion of his sudden death on June 10, 2025, we are showing selected works from Uecker’s oeuvre in a tribute. They shed light on our long-standing and friendly relationship with the artist, which goes back to the founding of our gallery in 1977. In addition to numerous exhibitions of our own, we have also realized international projects for Uecker over the decades and continuously accompanied his work.
GÜNTHER UECKER, Aschestelle – Brief an Peking, 1994, Ash, glue on canvas, 300 x 300 cm
GÜNTHER UECKER / ROLF SCHROETER, finger painting on baryta prints, edition of 22 signed and numbered copies, each 65 × 55.5 cm, framed with museum glass