*1971 Wuppertal, grew up in Namibia
lives and works in Düsseldorf

Jan Albers is among the artists for whom painting is actually no longer acute. And yet, he continues engaging in painting, and resorts to creating spatial works with the aid of metal, wood, polystyrene or ceramic pieces before overpainting these. Overall, his oeuvre is a „permanent construction site alternating between destruction and repair“ (Stephan Berg). Something only seems to be really useful for the artist when it is broken, compressed, perforated or at least partially devalued. Despite the invested energies – cut-up methods of perforation, dissection and fragmentation – the urge for clarity and precision always remains visible. „Contemplative compression and boisterous aggressiveness are inextricably intertwined with one another in his works“ (Belinda Grace Gardner). His space-consuming, abstract reliefs are sometimes reminiscent of photographs of distant planets or mountain massifs, and at other times of urban architectures or the formal reduction of American Minimal art. Jan Alber´s work is considered one of the central positions of abstract contemporary art. It provides an exciting response to the question concerning the future orientation of sculptural creation between abstract painting, mural and spatial object.

Exhibition Catalogue: Jan Albers – haLLuZinOgen for haLLuZinOgen, Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven, extract from the foreword by Dr. Viola Weigel.

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JAN ALBERS | GALLERY EXHIBITIONS

JAN ALBERS | SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

JAN ALBERS, FEELINGS – Kunst und Emotion, PINAKOTHEK DER MODERNE, MUNICH 2019/20
curated by Dr. Bernhart Schwenk and Nicola Graef

JAN ALBERS, haLLuZinOgen, KUNSTHALLE WILHELMSHAVEN 2016
curated by Dr. Viola Weigel, a monographic catalogue was published.

JAN ALBERS, cOlOny cOlOr, KUNSTPALAIS ERLANGEN 2015
in cooperation with Von Der Heydt-Kunsthalle Wuppertal
curated by Gerhard Finckh, Beate Eickhoff and Amely Deiss, a monographic catalogue is published by Kettler Verlag

JAN ALBERS, cOlOny cOlOr, VON DER HEYDT-KUNSTHALLE, WUPPERTAL 2015
curated by Gerhard Finckh and Beate Eickhoff, a monographic catalogue is published by Kettler Verlag

JAN ALBERS, cOmeclOse, LEOPOLD-HOESCH-MUSEUM DÜREN 2013
curated by Renate Goldmann and Markus Mascher, a monographic catalogue is published by Kettler Verlag

JAN ALBERS, Transfer Korea-NRW, KUNSTMUSEUM BONN 2013
curated by Stephan Berg & Voker Adolphs, with publication

JAN ALBERS, Up & Down, KUNSTHALLE GIESSEN 2013
curated by Ute Riese, a monographic catalogue is published by DISTANZ VERLAG

JAN ALBERS, parcOurs mOrtale, LANGEN FOUNDATION, NEUSS 2012
curated by Christiane Maria Schneider, special thanks to Sabine Crasemann, Kathrin Hörnemann, Karla Zerressen
a monographic catalogue is published by DISTANZ Verlag

LOCALHOST, AUSSTELLUNGSHALLE ZEITGENÖSSISCHE KUNST MÜNSTER 2011
curated by Jari Ortwig and Arne Reimann, thanks to Dr. Gail Kirkpatrick and Marcus Lütkemeyer

KOSMOS RUDOLF STEINER, KUNSTMUSEUM STUTTGART 2011, IN COLLABORATION WITH KUNSTMUSEUM WOLFSBURG
curated by Dr. Ulrike Groos and Dr. Markus Brüderlin, special thanks go to Simone Schimpf, a catalogue is published

RUDOLF STEINER AND CONTEMPORARY ART, KUNSTMUSEUM WOLFSBURG 2010, IN COLLABORATION WITH KUNSTMUSEUM STUTTGART
curated by Dr. Markus Brüderlin and Dr. Ulrike Groos,  special thanks to Markus Mascher, a catalogue is published

NEUES RHEINLAND.DIE POSTIRONISCHE GENERATION, MUSEUM MORSBROICH LEVERKUSEN 2010
curated by Dr. Stefanie Kreuzer and Dr. Markus Heinzelmann, a catalogue is published

PORT IZMIR 2,  INTERNATIONAL TRIENNAL OF CONTEMPORARY ART, IZMIR, TURKEY 2010
curated by Dr. Necmi Soenmez

THE END OF THE LINE, MIDDLESBROUGH INSTITUT OF MODERN ART, MIDDLESBROUGH, UK 2009
organized by Hayward Touring in partnership with The Drawing Room, London
travels to The Bluecoat, Liverpool; Bristol City Art Museum; The Fruitmarket, Edinburgh

KOLLEKTE, MUSEUM MORSBROICH, LEVERKUSEN 2008
curated by Dr. Stefanie Kreuzer, artists: Jan Albers, Jens Ullrich and works from the Provinzial collection
and the collection of Museum Morsbroich, a catalogue is published

E.KUNZ PORTAL ZU ROBBEN ISLAND, MÖNCHEHAUS MUSEUM GOSLAR 2007
solo-exhibition, curated by Bettina Ruhrberg, a catalogue is published