Heinz Peter Knes
Berlinische Galerie acquiries "Gesture Studies" for its permanent collection
15 October 2023
Heinz Peter Knes' photographic installation "Gesture Studies" is now part of the collection of Berlinische Galerie. The work consists of 139 C-prints, which are mounted on A3 paper and form nine groups. In 2018 Heinz Peter Knes began to collect gestural forms from his earlier portrait works. From all the gestures he finally selected nine gestures that possessed the performative characteristics that suited him, e.g stretching out the hand, turning around oneself, holding the head or feeling the pulse.
Previously the installation was presented 2023 at Amtsalon Berlin in "Touch. Politiken der Berührung", curated by Maren Lübbke-Tidow & Rebecca Wilton, 2021/22 at Duane Thomas Gallery in New York and 2021 at Sismógrafo in Porto, curated by Melissa Canbaz.
Previously the installation was presented 2023 at Amtsalon Berlin in "Touch. Politiken der Berührung", curated by Maren Lübbke-Tidow & Rebecca Wilton, 2021/22 at Duane Thomas Gallery in New York and 2021 at Sismógrafo in Porto, curated by Melissa Canbaz.