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Catalyzed by the Constructivist works on view at the Erste Russische Kunstausstellung in Berlin in October 1922, Oskar Nerlinger embraced abstraction and the properties of form and materials as artistic objectives. In December 1922, he exhibited twenty-two abstract works at Berlin’s Der Sturm gallery with titles invoking color, movement, and architectonic form, such as: Blaues Haus (Blue House), Gelb siegt (Yellow Triumphs), Latente Bewegung (Latent Movement). Four unique works from this period are featured here. By 1925, Nerlinger was a leading member of the Berlin branch of the left-leaning artists’ group Die Abstrakten. He designed the catalogue and an (unrealized) advertising tower for the group’s 1926 exhibition (below).
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