BARRY FLANAGAN – Imaginary Solutions at Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, 2023

BARRY FLANAGAN Imaginary Solutions Potsdamer Straße 77–87 3 February – 10 March 2023 Galerie Max Hetzler is pleased to announce Imaginary Solutions, an exhibition showing sculptures, film and works on paper by Barry Flanagan (1941–2009) from five decades of his work. One of Britain’s most inventive and charismatic sculptors, Barry Flanagan worked across a range of media and styles from the 1960s onwards until his early death in 2009. His practice encompassed not only solid materials, but also elusive forms such as daylight, moonlight and other light sources, as well as sound and its absence, which Flanagan considered to be as intrinsic to sculpture’s character as weight and volume. In his work, any material from industrial sand to cloth, stone, clay and metal could become a sculptural form. He talked about the smell of objects and how they were uniquely attributed. After his Minimalist practice of the 1960s and 1970s, Flanagan’s investigations turned to figuration in 1979, and in later life he became best known for his bronze statues of biomorphic forms alluding to animals, human figures and mythological creatures. 0:15 Installation view 0:23 "Awe", 1993 0:33 "Heap", 1967–1968 1:24 "sand pour", 1968 1:33 "hole in the sea 1, hole in the sea 2, hole in the sea 3" (installation view), 1967–1970 2:10 "Six Foot Leaping Hare on Empire State", 2002 2:32 "Larger Thinker on Computer", 2003 3:11 "The Cricker", 1989 3:25 Installation view 3:30 "hole in the sea", 1969 3:42 " bollards project", 1970 3:58 "sand girl", 1970 4:05 Installation view 4:29 "Small Nijinski on Anvil Point", 2001 4:46 "Jan 70" (installation view), 1970 5:03 "Handpress", 2004, 5:07 "Hand Press", 1984 5:10 "Hand Piece, c.", 1985 5:14 "one ton corner piece", 1967 5:27 Installation view 5:35 "Record", 1994 6:03 "daylight light piece 4 ‘69", 1969 6:23 "untitled" (installation view), 1968 6:56 "Jugler", 1994 7:04 Installation view 7:32 "daylight light piece 3 ‘69", 1969 Learn more about this exhibition: https://www.maxhetzler.com/exhibition... Subscribe for the latest news on Galerie Max Hetzler's artists, exhibitions, publications, and programme: https://www.maxhetzler.com/contact/#n... Follow us on social media: Facebook:   / galeriemaxhetzler   Instagram:   / galeriemaxhetzler   #MaxHetzler #MaxHetzlerExhibitions #MaxHetzlerArtists #BarryFlanagan