A succession of works and artists
The second part of our exhibition Artists of the gallery – A succession of works and artists has a dual focus. The first one is on James Bishop (1927–2021), our long-time companion. His first exhibition at Annemarie Verna Galerie took place in 1976. Thereafter eight further solo exhibitions followed, as well as several publications and exhibition projects in museums around the world. One room of our current exhibition is dedicated to his paintings on paper. Eight works from different creative periods are evidence of an uncompromising and independent artistic oeuvre. With great clarity and precision, and with instruments such as canvas, paper, color, surface, line and structure, James Bishop created paintings of undiminished and enduring relevance beyond expressive gestures.
This leads to the second focus of the current exhibition: painting. With works by Sylvia Plimack Mangold, Joseph Egan, Richard Francisco, Robert Mangold, Glen Rubsamen and Jerry Zeniuk, the show allows an insight into the gallery’s 50 year history of painting. And painting – as evidenced in our exhibition – is not limited to canvases but exists equally on paper, wooden panels and objects.
Drawings and prints by Sol LeWitt and Richard Tuttle complete the exhibition.
Dieter Schwarz: In memoriam of James Bishop (1927–2021)
Neues Online-Format: INSIGHT #2
Sol LeWitt (1928–2007)
A Wall Drawing Retrospective
Yale University Art Gallery and Williams College Museum of Art
November 16, 2008 – 2033
James Bishop
Paintings and Paintings on Paper
April 16 to June 19, 2026
Richard Tuttle
Complete Interviews 1970–2022
Edited and with a Preface Interview by Dieter Schwarz
Glen Rubsamen
The Petrified Forest
Publisher: Glen Rubsamen
INSIGHT – ARTWORKS IN THE SPOTLIGHT #2, Paintings on Paper by James Bishop presents four works on paper by James Bishop. Created between 1956 and around 1993 they provide valid perspectives on an artistic oeuvre defined by an insistence on painting.
Antonio Calderara Riti di passaggio. Dalla figurazione all'arte concreta, Fondazione Marcello Morandini, Varese, through April 26, 2026
Donald Judd, Judd|Marfa, The Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, through June 7, 2026
Rita McBride, Five Centuries of Works on Paper: The Grunwald Centre at 70, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, through May 17, 2026
Abstract Constructions, Nassos Daphnis - Rita McBride, Fondation CAB, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, FR, through October 25, 2026
Richard Tuttle | Giulio Paolini | Marisa Merz | Mario Merz
Long Story Short, Museum Brandhorst, Munich, through January 2027
Fred Sandback Cuts into Spaces (group show), Hall Art Foundation, Kunstmuseum Schloss Derneburg, ongoing
Sculpture, Chinati Foundation, Marfa, October 12, 2025 through July 2026
Sol LeWitt (1928–2007)
A Wall Drawing Retrospective
Yale University Art Gallery and Williams College Museum of Art
November 16, 2008 – 2033