Galerie Crone

In abstract pictorial worlds, Daniel Lergon explores the multifaceted nature of painting, the interaction of light and painted surface, and the material qualities of the medium. A deep interest in scientific phenomena forms the source of Daniel Lergon’s practice, which involves optical effects and nuanced perception. For his most recent series of works, he uses earth pigments as a primer, over which he lays monochrome structures, gestures and layers with a minimalist approach.

Daniel Lergon was born in Bonn in 1978. He lives and works in Berlin. From 2000 to 2006 he studied with Lothar Baumgarten at the Berlin University of the Arts. His work has been presented in numerous international group and solo exhibitions, among others in Los Angeles, London, Brussels, Stockholm, Copenhagen, New York, Buenos Aires, Istanbul, Marseille, Vienna, Berlin and Munich. He is represented in important private collections such as Sammlung Boros (Berlin), Vergez (Buenos Aires), Lord Foster (New York/Madrid), Berezdivin (Puerto Rico).

Galerie Crone was founded in 1982 by Ascan Crone and Mechthild von Dannenberg in Hamburg. In the almost 40 years of its existence, the gallery has made its mark as an essential part and driving force of the international art market. Crone runs a gallery and a project space, both in Vienna and Berlin. It thus has four locations at which it shows a total of 24 solo and group exhibitions per year. Crone’s programmatic focus is contemporary art that addresses social realities and political challenges with an aesthetic awareness. The gallery represents artists of various generations, origins, cultural backgrounds, and sexual orientation who are united by their desire for an open, tolerant, enlightened society and culture. Their work encompasses the entire range of artistic practices, media, and approaches, from painting and sculpture to installation and time-based art. In the past five years artists represented by Crone have participated in Documenta, the Venice Biennale, the Lyon Biennale, Sharjah Biennial, and Curitiba Biennial. Their artwork is found in major private and institutional collections, from the MoMA in New York and the Centre Pompidou in Paris to the Museum Ludwig in Cologne and the Albertina in Vienna.