Born in Germany in 1930, Posenenske began her artistic career in the 1950s, before abandoning it for sociology in 1968. This first US museum survey revisits her politically engaged work, from minimalist drawings to ‘sculptural elements’ designed to be assembled by the public. Find out more from the Dia Art Foundation’s website.
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Spritzbild (1964–65), Charlotte Posenenske. Photo: Arne Schultz, Munich, Germany. Courtesy the Estate of Charlotte Posenenske, Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin and Peter Freeman, New York; © Estate of Charlotte Posenenske
Rasterbild (Semi-Circles) (1957), Charlotte Posenenske. Photo: Arne Schultz, Munich, Germany. Courtesy the Estate of Charlotte Posenenske, Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin and Peter Freeman, New York; © Estate of Charlotte Posenenske
Two Series A Reliefs (1966), Charlotte Posenenske. Photo: courtesy Collezione La Gaia, Busca, Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin; © Estate of Charlotte Posenenske
Vierantrohr (Square Tube), Series D (1967), Charlotte Posenenske. Installation view, Offenbach, Germany, 1967. Courtesy Estate of Charlotte Posenenske, Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin and Peter Freeman, New York; © Estate of Charlotte Posenenske.
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