Gerhard Richter, Cologne
Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich
David Nolan Gallery, New York
Ronald Lauder, New York
Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich
Acquired from the above by the late owner
Leipzig, Museum der bildenden Künste; Kunstraum München, BLINKY PALERMO, 6 June - 20 November 1993, pp. 86, 211 (illustrated, p.86)
Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Academy and The Fruit Market Gallery; London, Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre; Munich, Haus der Kunst, The Romantic Spirit in German Art 1790-1990, 28 July 1994 - 1 May 1995, no. 277 (illustrated)
Thordis Moeller, ed., Palermo Band II Zeichnungen, Bonn, 1995, no. 570, n.p. (illustrated)
German • 1943 - 1977
Blinky Palermo is best known for his monochromatic canvases and fabric paintings made from simple lengths of material cut, stitched and stretched over a frame. Palermo painted on aluminium, steel, wood, paper and Formica, often making lines out of tape instead of paint. He completed approximately 65 paintings between 1966 and 1972 titled Stoffbilder (Fabric Paintings); in this signature series, he took ready-made department-store fabrics and stitched them into vibrant panels.
Palermo studied under Joseph Beuys alongside Sigmar Polke and Gerhard Richter. Public collections holding major works by Palermo include the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Tate Gallery in London, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington D.C. and the Dia Art Foundation. Most of the artist's work, however, remains in the possession of private collectors and museums in Europe.
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