ARTHUR UNGER

The posthumous exhibition displays a selection of ink drawings and copper works, pyrochimiogrammes, by renowned Luxembourgish artist Arthur Unger, for which he gained international recognition. Some of the selected pieces, covering the years from 1970 to 2003, have already been displayed in various museum exhibitions.

Inspired by his travels in Africa and Asia and the Art Informel movement marked by his friend and art critic Michel Tapié (1909 - 1987) this body of work represents his visionary art, that reflects his impressions of both continents. The ink drawings are primarily inspired by the aesthetics of Asian calligraphy: the most recent drawings are created through gestures and movements with the paintbrush, before being immersed into water.

The artist has exhibited throughout Europe and China with several major retrospectives in Luxembourg, France and China dedicated to his work - at Toit de la Grande Arche de la Défense de Paris (2001), at Guan Shanyue Art Museum, in Shenzen (2004), at Liu Haisu Art Museum, in Shanghai (2004), at Beijing World Art Museum, China Millennium Monument in Beijing (2004) at Abtei Neimënster in Luxembourg (2010, organized by Ante Glibota) and at MNAHA in .Luxembourg (2023).

In 1973 Arthur Unger was honoured with the prestigious Prix Grand-Duc Adolphe., the highest artistic distinction in Luxembourg and in 2017 he was awarded the Phoenix Art Price for the most outstanding abstract work in Fenghuang, China.

Arthur Unger's work is featured in private and public collections, most notably at Villa Vauban and MNAHA - Musée National d'Archéologie, d'Histoire et d'Art.