A. R. PenckGerman, 1939–2017Die Arbeit geht weiter
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Not on view at present
Where is “Die Arbeit geht weiter” now? Collection: Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis. Not on view at present. Checked September 29, 2026.
Minneapolis, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
- Checked
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- P.90.29.12
In the catalog
Sources
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Image: Minneapolis Institute of Art — © A. R. Penck, courtesy Brooke Alexander
In the life of A. R. Penck
The whole life3 August 1980
Moves to West Germany
Penck moves to West Germany, first living in Kerpen, southwest of Cologne. After emigrating he becomes one of the foremost exponents of new figuration, alongside Jörg Immendorff, Georg Baselitz and Markus Lüpertz.
1981
The Rembrandt Prize in Basel
The Goethe Foundation awards Penck the Rembrandt Prize in Basel, Switzerland.
1982
Documenta 7 in Kassel
Penck takes part in Documenta 7 in Kassel (Fridericianum); he had already taken part in Documenta 5 in 1972.
19 June 1982 – 28 September 1982
Exhibition: documenta 7
1983
“New Art” at the Tate and other landmark shows
In the 1980s the work of Penck and his circle is shown by major museums and galleries in the West; the important shows include the famous Zeitgeist exhibition at the Martin Gropius Bau and the New Art show at the Tate in 1983. In these years he becomes known worldwide for paintings with pictographic, neo-primitivist imagery of human figures and other totemic forms.
1984
The Venice Biennale
Penck is shown at the Venice Biennale.
