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Galerie Jocelyn Wolff•Sep 13, 2025 — Oct 30, 2025
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Galerie Jocelyn Wolff is pleased to inaugurate its new space in Paris with an exhibition by the German artist Franz Erhard Walther.
Franz Erhard Walther (Fulda, 1939), winner of the Venice Biennial Golden Lion in 2017, is an artist interested in language, color, volume and the power of imagination. After studying at the Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf, with Sigmar Polke and Gerhard Richter, he was soon interested in the use of textile as a material that combines both flatness and fluidity. For this exhibition, Susanne Walther – head of Franz Erhard Walther Foundation – selected a combination of works (sculptures and drawings) dated from the early 70s to today.
One of the most important work groups of Walther’s oeuvre, the “Wall Formations” – a series which Walther worked on throughout the 70s and 80s – will be presented through three fabric pieces which crystalize the main thematics of this ser…
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Les couleurs sont des actions de la lumière...
Galerie Jocelyn Wolff•Sep 13, 2025 — Oct 30, 2025
Press Release
Galerie Jocelyn Wolff is pleased to inaugurate its new space in Paris with an exhibition by the German artist Franz Erhard Walther.
Franz Erhard Walther (Fulda, 1939), winner of the Venice Biennial Golden Lion in 2017, is an artist interested in language, color, volume and the power of imagination. After studying at the Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf, with Sigmar Polke and Gerhard Richter, he was soon interested in the use of textile as a material that combines both flatness and fluidity. For this exhibition, Susanne Walther – head of Franz Erhard Walther Foundation – selected a combination of works (sculptures and drawings) dated from the early 70s to today.
One of the most important work groups of Walther’s oeuvre, the “Wall Formations” – a series which Walther worked on throughout the 70s and 80s – will be presented through three fabric pieces which crystalize the main thematics of this ser…
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