# Group Normal

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{{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](/source/Peter_Angermann), [Jan Knap](/source/Jan_Knap), and [Milan Kunc](/source/Milan_Kunc), who met in the early 1970s at  [Kunstakademie Düsseldorf](/source/Kunstakademie_D%C3%BCsseldorf) in the classes of [Joseph Beuys](/source/Joseph_Beuys) and [Gerhard Richter](/source/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](/source/The_Times_Square_Show)'', [Colab](/source/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](/source/Von_hier_aus_%E2%80%93_Zwei_Monate_neue_deutsche_Kunst_in_D%C3%BCsseldorf)'' (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==
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== 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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