A revitalization of the everyday

»When I work, I am not looking for perfection. I am looking for life«, Louise Nevelson explained her work in 1983. She became known for her monumental assemblages, mostly monochrome in black, white, or gold. Less frequently seen are the artist's collages, which she created from 1953 into the 1980s. In the exhibition Louise Nevelson – The Poetry of Searching at the Museum Wiesbaden, these are now the focus of attention and enter into dialogue with Nevelson's assemblages and wall reliefs. Divided into five thematic areas, the show explores the artist's understanding of searching and reorganizing space and materiality. The works will be on display from October 31, 2025, to March 15, 2026.

Louise Nevelson (1899–1988) is now one of the best-known American artists of the 20th century and is considered a pioneer of assemblage and abstract sculpture. She gained international attention for her cubist-influenced, interlocking works, in which she liked to incorporate unusual materials such as fragments of furniture, particularly from the 1960s onwards, when she exhibited at the Venice Biennale (1962) and twice at Documenta in Kassel (1964, 1968). In 1962, the Whitney Museum of American Art became the first museum to purchase one of her works. Nevelson's public sculptures can be found in various cities across the US, including New York, Philadelphia, Houston, Los Angeles, and Honolulu.