Lothar Hempel 1966

German artist Lothar Hempel named his recent exhibition at Anton Kern Gallery after a poem of his, “Oral Heart.” Like the poem that initiated an expanding body of the artist’s...

Week one: January 31 Matthew Monahan Monahan's fractured and embattled figures traverse through time and space, at once confronting us with something ancient and futuristic, earthbound and celestial, dreamlike and...

Anton Kern Gallery is turning twenty and we celebrate this anniversary with Implosion 20, a group exhibition featuring the work of all 28 artists on roster, as well as works...

Like a futuristic stage impresario, and seemingly without effort, Hempel choreographs figures and objects, matches disparate materials and techniques, and arranges geometric shapes, luminous colors, and sinuous organic lines into...

The exhibition’s title is taken from an advertisement for surfing wetsuits from the 1970s. Using an Oneil wetsuit promised that once inside your new second skin, Summer was awaiting. The...

Ellen Berkenblit , Brian Calvin , Anne Collier , Mark Grotjahn , Lothar Hempel , Richard Hughes , Sergej Jensen , Dan McCarthy , Matthew Monahan , Manfred Pernice ,...

August 12, 2011—Lothar Hempelʼs ninth solo show at Anton Kern Gallery comprises three sculptures, five aluminum paintings, three diamond-shaped photo-montages, and a set of seven collages. The entire show is...

January 28, 2008, New York—Lothar Hempelʼs current solo show at Anton Kern Gallery, comprised of four figurative sculptures, three large diamond-shaped photomontages, and one painting, radiates an air of mystic...

June 14, 2008—The premise for “Friends and Family” is simple: each gallery artist was asked to submit one work of art along with a work by an artist friend and...

Kai Althoff, Nobuyoshi Araki, Georg Baselitz, Ellen Berkenblit, John Bock, Brian Calvin, Angus Fairhurst, Mark Flood, Mark Grotjahn, Bendix Harms, Eberhard Havekost, Lothar Hempel, Georg Herold, Jörg Immendorff, Sergej Jensen,...

Like loosely bound molecules, the elements of Lothar Hempel’s exhibition vigorously interplay. For his sixth solo show at the Anton Kern Gallery, the Cologne based artist brought together a group...

Anton Kern Gallery is proud to present The Song of the Bird is NONSENSE, the fourth solo show of German artist Lothar Hempel in New York. His intricate installations supplant...

Opening Friday, October 19th, 2001 from 6-8pm, Anton Kern Gallery will present I ♥ NY, a benefit group show to raise funds for the families of the victims of the...

Opening on April 7th, Anton Kern Gallery will present an exhibition by German artist Lothar Hempel. This is the artist's second solo show in New York. America Disappears Only the...

Opening Thursday, May 22, Anton Kern Gallery will show paintings, photographs and drawings by a selection of gallery and non-gallery artists. The exhibition will offer a very personal view of...

Opening Friday, April 11, 1997, Anton Kern Gallery will present three installations and drawings by Lothar Hempel. This is the artist’s second exhibition with the gallery. Hempel’s installations in the...