This presentation of works by Franz Erhard Walther will feature a selection of Handlungsstücke (Action Pieces) from the early 1960s when he first explored physical action as a sculptural principle. A focal point of the installation will be the complete presentation of one such piece, 1. Werksatz (First Work Set), 1963–69. Acquired by Dia in 1978, this work comprises fifty-eight fabric elements, or “instruments,” that draw attention to the body as material form. This work, alongside early pieces, exemplifies the origins of Walther’s five-decade-long investigation into the foundations of action, language, and space.

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