the jamileh weber gallery is delighted to present this exhibition with paintings and sculptures from the estate of max bill. after 1995, this is the second collaboration with angela thomas schmid, second wife and widow of the artist. max bills oeuvre is founded on the idea, that beauty is the result of an intellectual order, based on scientific knowledge. max bill does not see a principle - maybe a gradual - difference between formal problems of the everyday and formal problems in the fine arts. with his universal formal demand max bill created a comprehensive and multilayered oeuvre, covering several related fields in the arts like architecture, painting, sculpture, design, graphics and typography. the selection on display shows some not so well known facet of his visual arts and covers more than sixty years. the show starts with early works from the late twenties, strongly influenced by his teacher at the bauhaus, paul klee. one of the first sculptures from 1934, with a surrealistic touch, an exciting series of works from the forties, quad-couples, compressions and distributions lead to a rich selection of the well-know "transcolorations". besides the painted oeuvre, the exhibition presents seven metal and stone sculptures, culminating in a monumental posthumous chromium-nickel steel sculpture "" fläche im raum von einer linie begrenzt", completed in 1995 after max bills dead under supervision of his son jakob bill. the show will remain on view january 12 through february 22, 2006 at the jamileh weber gallery, waldmannstrasse 6, ch-8001 zurich. hours: tuesday through friday, 11am to 6pm, saturday 10am to 4pm and by appointment. biographical notes: max bill, architect, sculptor, painter, graphic artist and one of the principal representatives of concrete art, was born on december 22, 1908 in winterthur, switzerland, his family from moosseedorf in the canton of bern. studied at the arts and crafts academy in zurich (1924-27), followed by an apprenticeship as silversmith (1927-29) and studies at the bauhaus, the dessau school of arts and crafts. moved to zurich - 1929. he was active as architect, painter, graphic artist and sculptor from 1932 onwards, in public relations from 1936 on, and as product designer as of 1944. also taught and gave presentations. co-founder and director of the ulm school of arts and crafts (1931-56). he worked on architecture and product form. from 1961-1964, he was the head architect of the building and design sectors for the swiss national exhibit in lausanne '64. he became professor at the state school for fine arts in hamburg in 1967 and received awards, honors and an honorary degree. in 1968, received the zurich art award and has been exhibiting in galleries and exhibition halls since 1928. his constructivist sculptures for public squares as well as his paintings have become popular in america, europe and asia. he began writing monographs, catalogues and his own writings in the 50's. his printwork played an important role as well (created 14 book folio works). max bill died at the age of 86 years on december 9, 1994 during a visit to berlin. his estate For further information or photographs please contact the gallery, phone: +41-1-252 10 66, fax: +41-1-252 11 32 email: info@jamilehweber.com, www.jamilehweber.com