WIN KNOWLTON

22/05/2025 – 21/06/2025

Born in 1953 in Boston, US, Win Knowlton lives and works in Berlin, Germany. The artist is known for his post-minimalist drawings, sculptures and installations featured in many American and international collections since the 80s. The large charcoal works on paper currently on display at Galerie Minsky offer an introduction to Knowlton’s mature abstract style with its recurring industrial and agricultural evocations, in the same vein as “Plowman”, 1984, presented in the MoMA’s drawings department (NY). An ensemble of skillfully constructed color compositions testifies to the artist’s talent for transparency and superimposition effects, mixing gouache and watercolor on sensual – Japon or Arches – papers. Knowlton’s visual language is most often characterized by a predominance of curves and organic contours over angular designs, contrasting with more machine-inspired features and incorporating a touch of gripping humor as in Chicken & Egg, 2010.