{{Short description|German Czech group of artists formed in 1979}} thumb|Peter Angermann: ''90° village'', 1984, Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt
'''Group Normal''' is a German Czech group of artists formed in 1979.
It consists of the artists Peter Angermann, Jan Knap, and Milan Kunc, who met in the early 1970s at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf in the classes of Joseph Beuys and Gerhard Richter. They championed the rejection of individualism and, in line with this, created a large number of joint works – paintings that in some cases were done in public.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Peter Angermann : Licht am Horizont|last=Peter.|first=Angermann|date=2013|publisher=Verlag für moderne Kunst|others=Hentschel, Martin., Green, Malcolm., Museum Haus Lange Krefeld.|isbn=978-3-86984-439-8|location=Nürnberg|oclc=852126565}}</ref> The declared ambition of the three artists was to overcome the predominating and elitist “academic avantgardism” by an art as demystified and accessible as possible.
== Exhibitions == * 1980 ''11e Biennale de Paris'', Musee d'Art Moderne<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archives.biennaledeparis.org/fr/1980/groupes/normal.html|title=ARCHIVES DE LA BIENNALE DE PARIS, 1980|website=archives.biennaledeparis.org|access-date=2018-03-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170509232321/http://archives.biennaledeparis.org/fr/1980/groupes/normal.html|archive-date=2017-05-09|url-status=dead}}</ref> * 1980 ''The Times Square Show'', Colab, New York * 1980 ''Apres le Classicisme'', Musee d'Art et de l'Industrie, St. Etienne * 1981 ''Rundschau Deutschland'', Munich * 1981 ''Gruppe Normal'', Neue Galerie / Sammlung Ludwig, Aachen * 1984 ''Von hier aus – Zwei Monate neue deutsche Kunst in Düsseldorf'' (From here – Two months of new German art in Düsseldorf)<ref>{{Cite book|title=Von hier aus|date=1984|publisher=DuMont Buchverlag|others=König, Kasper., Oeri, Maja., Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst Düsseldorf.|isbn=3-7701-1650-X|location=Köln|oclc=12286007}}</ref> * 1984 ''Tiefe Blicke'', Hessisches Landesmuseums, Darmstadt<ref>{{Cite book|title=Tiefe Blicke : Kunst der achtziger Jahre aus der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, der DDR, Österreich und der Schweiz|date=1985|publisher=DuMont|others=Anderson, Sascha., Hessisches Landesmuseum (Darmstadt, Germany), Verein der Freunde und Förderer des Hessischen Landesmuseums in Darmstadt (Germany)|isbn=3-7701-1740-9|location=Köln|oclc=13356906}}</ref> * 2005 ''"Prague Biennale 2'', Prague<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://kunstaspekte.art/event/prague-biennale-2-event|title=Prague Biennale 2|work=kunstaspekte.de|access-date=2018-03-16|language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Prague Biennale 2 : expanded painting/acción directa|date=2005|publisher=Politi|others=Sansone, Valentina.|isbn=88-7816-134-9|location=Milan|oclc=62150357}}</ref> * 2005 ''Normal Group'', MACI Museo Arte Contemporanea Isernia, Italy<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://1995-2015.undo.net/it/mostra/31734|title=Normal Group Trevi Flash Art Museum Trevi (PG)|website=1995-2015.undo.net|language=it|access-date=2018-03-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Normal Group|date=2006|publisher=Politi|last=Beatrice|first=Luca|isbn=88-7816-138-1|location=Milano|oclc=84611307}}</ref> * 2007 ''Normal Group'', Trevi Flash Art Museum, Palazzo Lucarni, Italy<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://protrevi.com/protrevi/flart05Z.asp|title=TREVI - Normal Group 1979-81 - mostra|website=protrevi.com|access-date=2018-03-16}}</ref> * 2015 ''The 80s. Figurative Painting in West Germany'', Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.staedelmuseum.de/en/exhibitions/80s|title=The 80s|website=Städel Museum|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-03-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Die 80er : figurative Malerei in der BRD|editor-last=Engler|editor-first=Martin|isbn=978-3-941399-47-1|publisher=Hatje Cantz|location=Ostfildern|oclc=921934109}}</ref> * 2016 ''Die Neuen Wilden'', Groninger Museum<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.groningermuseum.nl/en/new-wild-painters|title=New Wild Painters|website=www.groningermuseum.nl|language=en|access-date=2018-03-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171226021016/http://www.groningermuseum.nl/en/new-wild-painters|archive-date=2017-12-26|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Nieuwe Wilden : Duits neo-expressionisme uit de jaren '80|date=2016|publisher=Groninger Museum|others=Blühm, Andreas, 1959-, Struiving, Els., Jansen, Marie͏̈tta., Groninger Museum.|isbn=978-94-6262-083-4|location=[Groningen]|oclc=948602568}}</ref> * 2018 ''Libres Figurations'' au FHEL de Landereau<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fonds-culturel-leclerc.fr/Blog-Pas-%C3%A0-pas-__-NEUE-WILDEN-795-120-0-0.html|title=Pas à pas >> NEUE WILDEN|website=www.fonds-culturel-leclerc.fr|language=fr-FR|access-date=2018-01-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180125015438/http://www.fonds-culturel-leclerc.fr/Blog-Pas-%C3%A0-pas-__-NEUE-WILDEN-795-120-0-0.html|archive-date=2018-01-25|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Libres Figurations – Années 80|last=Le Thorel|first=Pascale|year=2017|isbn=979-10-96209-02-6|pages=202–209}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links == * [http://www.polka.de Peter Angermann's website www.polka.de] * [http://www.milan-kunc.com Homepage of Milan Kunc] * [http://www.galeriecaesar.cz/Galerie%20Okruh/Jan%20Knap/group_normal.htm Jan Knap at Galerie Caesar]
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Category:German artist groups and collectives