Paintings by Julian Stanczak will be exhibited in The International Abstraction,
curated by Irina Hiebert Grun and Joachim Jäger, at Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin. Opening in June 2027, The International Abstraction looks back on the politically turbulent era in art after 1945.
The exhibition traces the development of abstract practices across continents from 1945 to 1985, bringing their diverse cultural, political, and aesthetic manifestations into focus: from Gutai in Japan to ZERO in Düsseldorf; from European Concrete art to the geometric avant-gardes of Latin America; from Arab abstraction to calligraphic and sign-based art across different cultures; as well as to spiritual forms of abstraction and performative practices that ultimately push toward the dissolution of the traditional art object.
Stanczak's geometric abstract paintings will be presented alongside major works by influential protagonists such as Jackson Pollock, Barnett Newman, Frank Stella, Mark Rothko, Helen Frankenthaler, Barbara Hepworth, Günter Fruhtrunk, K. O. Götz, and Georges Mathieu. In total, the exhibition brings together approximately 400 works by more than 250 artists and will be on view throughout the entire lower level of the museum.
The International Abstraction
June 6 - October 31, 2027
Neue Nationalgalerie
Potsdamer Straße 50
10785 Berlin
