Artist

Manfred Linder

Manfred Linder is an artist. 2 works are cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum.

This German artist spent years drawing nothing but empty chairs in pencil. Not fancy chairs, just the wood and metal of ordinary seating, over and over, until the lines started to hum. If you’ve ever stared at a quiet room and noticed how a single chair holds the shape of absence, his drawings let you see that. Look up his 1973 drawing Untitled to watch the silence take form on paper.

Works by Manfred Linder

Collections represented

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