Peter Klasen

(German, born 1935)

Peter Klasen is a German artist known for his collage-like Pop Art paintings and prints. Using an airbrush, the artist contrasts images of industrial objects like pressure gauges and hydraulic circuits, with sexually charged images of nude women. These juxtapositions are the means by which the artist confronts themes of confinement, political control, and fear. “The human body vanishes from Klasen’s work behind the heavy doors, grids, and covers of trucks, cars, prisons,” the critic Claude Bouyeure said of the paintings. “In a word, behind all these places which, physically, psychologically, symbolically, squeeze, enclose, isolate, oppress and which henceforth padlock the entire frontal aspect of the paintings.” Born on August 18, 1935 in Lübeck, Germany, his father died in World War II, an event that deeply wounded the artist growing up. Klasen went on to study at the Universität der Künste Berlin, where he absorbed the avant-garde ideas of Will Grohmann and Hans Richter. After moving to Paris in 1959, he helped found the La Nouvelle Figuration movement along with the artists Bernard Rancillac and Valerio Adami. The La Nouvelle Figurationist’s aim was to criticize consumer culture, rather than celebrate it like Andy Warhol. Klasen currently lives and works in Paris, France. His works are included in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, and the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris.

Peter Klasen Artworks

Peter Klasen (2,139 results)

Camion bache, 1976

Peter Klasen

Camion bache, 1976

Sale Date: December 17, 2012

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Prise male + bouche (Ouverte), 1968

Peter Klasen

Prise male + bouche (Ouverte), 1968

Sale Date: December 17, 2012

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Bouche de face - Container bleu - Haute..., 2010

Peter Klasen

Bouche de face - Container bleu - Haute..., 2010

Sale Date: December 12, 2012

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Rêve - Container bleu - Inflammable rouge 4..., 2010

Peter Klasen

Rêve - Container bleu - Inflammable rouge 4..., 2010

Sale Date: December 12, 2012

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Regard bleu - 2 fleches rouges, 2010

Peter Klasen

Regard bleu - 2 fleches rouges, 2010

Sale Date: December 12, 2012

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Visage bleu, camion inflammable, 2011

Peter Klasen

Visage bleu, camion inflammable, 2011

Sale Date: December 16, 2012

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Grille détail - haute tension, 1979

Peter Klasen

Grille détail - haute tension, 1979

Sale Date: December 12, 2012

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Compositions (6 works)

Peter Klasen

Compositions (6 works)

Sale Date: December 10, 2012

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Brake control-R-64-ouvert/Ferme (3 works)

Peter Klasen

Brake control-R-64-ouvert/Ferme (3 works)

Sale Date: December 10, 2012

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Composition, 1965

Peter Klasen

Composition, 1965

Sale Date: December 5, 2012

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Night, 2001

Peter Klasen

Sale Date: December 5, 2012

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Le fil conducteur, 1964–1965

Peter Klasen

Le fil conducteur, 1964–1965

Sale Date: December 5, 2012

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Portrait avec machine rouge, 2007

Peter Klasen

Portrait avec machine rouge, 2007

Sale Date: November 28, 2012

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Picnic in the car, 2009

Peter Klasen

Picnic in the car, 2009

Sale Date: November 28, 2012

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Séquence n°6, Blue dream/Stand Pipe n°2, 2005

Peter Klasen

Séquence n°6, Blue dream/Stand Pipe n°2, 2005

Sale Date: November 28, 2012

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Regard/Manette Gris-Bleu HS, 2004

Peter Klasen

Regard/Manette Gris-Bleu HS, 2004

Sale Date: November 28, 2012

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Paranoia n° 3, 2002

Peter Klasen

Paranoia n° 3, 2002

Sale Date: November 23, 2012

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Bain de minuit, 1967

Peter Klasen

Bain de minuit, 1967

Sale Date: November 16, 2012

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Wagon N

Peter Klasen

Sale Date: November 13, 2012

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Brake control rouge, 1990

Peter Klasen

Brake control rouge, 1990

Sale Date: November 14, 2012

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Poignée, jumelles, vinyle et sourire, 1970

Peter Klasen

Poignée, jumelles, vinyle et sourire, 1970

Sale Date: October 27, 2012

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Regard/M-HB-Flêche, 2001

Peter Klasen

Regard/M-HB-Flêche, 2001

Sale Date: October 23, 2012

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I/C 8, Iron couple, 2002

Peter Klasen

I/C 8, Iron couple, 2002

Sale Date: October 23, 2012

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I/M 5, Iron man, 2000

Peter Klasen

I/M 5, Iron man, 2000

Sale Date: October 23, 2012

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