Hanne Darboven
München 1941 - Hamburg 2009
Photo©Giorgio Colombo, Milano - Galleria Franco Toselli, Milano, 1972
I was fascinated by her insistence on doing a repetitive task in which the changes were programmed: it was a logical development of a mathemathical system. Her translation of this system into an image created a harmonious and ordered impression of great beauty.
Hanne Darboven, 27K-No8-No26, 1968-1969. Typewritten ink on paper, 149 sheets, each sheet 29,5 x 21 cm. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Joseph H. Hirshhorn Purchase Fund, 2007, The Panza Collection. © 2018, ProLitteris, Zurich. Photo Alessandro Zambianchi, Milano
Hanne Darboven, Dear Mrs and Mr. Panzer, Oct 19, 1972. Pencil on paper, 29,3 x 42 cm. Panza Collection, Mendrisio. © 2018, ProLitteris, Zurich. Photo Alessandro Zambianchi, Milano
Hanne Darboven, 43 Drawings, 1971-1972. Ink on paper, 43 sheets, each sheet 41,5 x 29 cm. Panza Collection, Mendrisio. © 2018, ProLitteris, Zurich. Photo Alessandro Zambianchi, Milano
Installation Conceptual Art. The Panza Collection, MART Museo d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Rovereto, September 25, 2010 - February 27, 2011. Works by Hanne Darboven. Collection Albright-Knox Art Galley, Buffalo, New York, The Panza Collection and by exchange: George B. and Jenny R. Mathews Fund, Bequest of Arthur B. Michael, Albert H. Tracy Fund and Bequest of John Mortimer Schiff, 2015. © 2018, ProLitteris, Zurich. Photo Alessandro Zambianchi, Milano