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Daniel Marzona is pleased to announce the first solo exhibition with works by Ferdinand Penker (1950-2014).
In the 1970s, Ferdinand Penker began building up an oeuvre influenced by Constructivist and Concrete Art, American Color Field painting, and Minimal art. In 1971, Penker met Josef Albers visiting him at his home in Orange, Connecticut, whose book „Interaction of Color“ had been published in German the year before and whose ideas had a decisive impact on Penker’s career. Penker’s work holds a unique position in Austrian painting - combining different trends of American and European art …