Siegen, Germany.- The Museum für Gegenwartskunst Siegen (The Siegen Museum of Contemporary Art) is prouud to present “Antoni Tàpies: Image, Body, Pathos” on view at the museum through Feburary 19th 2012. This retrospective exhibition shows the impressive creative oeuvre of Catalan artist Antoni Tàpies. 47 paintings covering more than seven decades are being presented for the first time in Germany.  Antoni Tàpies was born in Barcelona in 1923. Alongside Salvador Dalí, Joan Miró, Eduardo Chillida and Pablo Picasso, he is one of the great Spanish artist personalities, who had a decisive influence on European painting in the second half of the 20th century. The early presentation of the 4th Rubens Prize to Tàpies by the city of Siegen in 1972 was more than justified. The exhibition “Image, Body, Pathos” permits the visitor to take an up-to-date view of the artist’s astounding, lifelong productivity.