Adolf Luther

Interactive experience spaces

HL HE Dialog

Sun, May 15, 2022–Sun, Sep 25, 2022

Haus Esters

With his artworks such as the glass lenses on the Ostwall, the Krefeld-native artist Adolf Luther (1912–1990) not only left his mark on public urban spaces of Krefeld but is also regarded internationally as one of the pioneering light artists of the 1960s. In Haus Esters, the Kunstmuseen Krefeld are taking a new glance at the radicality and topicality of Luther’s art. The presentation focuses on how Luther created experiental spaces in which the viewer takes on an active role. In every lens, every mirror, an individual, fleeting reality is revealed to the visitor. His glass and mirror artworks are instruments for perceiving a constantly changing reality of light. The exhibition explores the findings of science and Enlightenment thought as impulses fort he artistic work of Adolf Luther.

The project has been developed in cooperation with the Adolf Luther Foundation.
Curators: Katia Baudin und Magdalena Broska, Research Director, Adolf Luther Foundation
Curatorial project management: Juliane Duft, assisted by Amelie Gappa

HLHE Dialogue
In the series of dialogical exhibitions in Haus Esters and Haus Lange, two visionary positions of 1960s kinetic art from two continents will meet: With the installations by Adolf Luther from Krefeld and the French-Argentine artist Julio Le Parc, the art of geometric abstraction in light and space is presented as an international phenomenon. The exhibitions show how both artists worked simultaneously to break down the barrier between the viewer and the artwork.

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