Michael Buthe

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Tent. Luzern, Kunstmuseum Luzern, 31-10-2015, 31-01-2016 ; Gent, S.M.A.K., 05-03-2016, 05-06-2016 ; München, Haus der Kunst, 08-07-2016, 20-11-2016. - Retrospectief toont schilderijen, werken op papier, assemblages en collages van de Duitse kunstenaar Michael Buthe (Sonthofen 01-08-1944, Bonn 14-11-1994). - 'For me my sun is, like all paintings, a functional object for seeing, for feeling, for dreaming, for understanding' are the words Michael Buthe uses to describe his recurring, central motif. With bright colours or radiant gold, the artist assembles the entire world - indeed, the entire universe - within the circle of this heavenly body. This retrospective brings together apparently archaic assemblages, brightly coloured works on paper and intensely worked canvases, collages and paintings in gold.