1974-1988 > Akhter

five sculptures: forged steel
five drawings: charcoal and acrylic on paper
1985
100 x 100 x 100 cm, 175 x 66 x 57 cm, 70 x 60 x 60 cm, 170 x 67 x 60 cm, and 310 x 100 x 30 cm
drawings: 150 x 123 cm

Akhter 1
forged steel
100 x 100 x 100 cm
1985
Akhter 2
forged steel
175 x 66 x 57 cm
1985
Akhter 3
forged steel
70 x 60 x 60 cm
1985
Akhter 4
forged steel
170 x 67 x 60 cm
1985
Akhter 5
forged steel
310 x 100 x 30 cm
1985
Akhter 2
forged steel
175 x 66 x 57 cm
1985
Akhter 4
forged steel
170 x 67 x 60 cm
1985
Akhter 3
forged steel
70 x 60 x 60 cm
1985
Akhter IV
forged steel
170 x 67 x 60 cm
1985
installation view: Akhter 4 and studies for Akhter 4 (left) and Akhter 2 (right)
forged steel; charcoal and acrylic on paper
170 x 67 x 60 cm, 150 x 123 cm, 150 x 123 cm
1985
installation view: Akhter 4 and study for Akther 4
forged steel; charcoal and acrylic on paper
150 x 123 cm, 170 x 67 x 60 cm
1985
installation view: Untitled, Akhter 4, drawings of Akhter 2 and 4
forged steel, drawings in charcoal and acrylic
1985
Akhter 1, study
charcoal and acrylic on paper
150 x 123 cm
1985
Akhter 2, study
charcoal and acrylic on paper
150 x 123 cm
1985
Akhter 3, study
charcoal and acrylic on paper
150 x 123 cm
1985
Akhter 4, study
charcoal and acrylic on paper
150 x 123 cm
1985
Akhter 5, study
charcoal and acrylic on paper
150 x 123 cm
1985

Bibliography:
Michel Gérard: Skulpturen 1976-1988 by Städtische Kunsthalle Mannheim (1988): p. 77
Michel Gérard, Centre d’Art Contemporain CAC Pablo Neruda Corbeil-Essonnes & Leopold-Hoesch-Museum Duren R.F.A., texte Jean-Luc Daval (1987): p. 20-29
Michel Gérard: Signature Transformations 2009–1972, Christian Pirot (2009): p. 16
Michel Gérard: Sculptures 1976-1987, Musée de Calais (1988): p. 36-42
Michel Gérard: Akhta, Galerie Jeanne Bucher (1985)

Exhibitions:
1985 Galerie Jeanne Bucher, Paris
1986 Villeneuve d'Ascq
1988 Calais