Daniel Lergon
Contemporary Conceptual painting by Daniel Lergon
2012

About the Item

Daniel Lergon (German, b. 1978) Untitled, 2012 Lacquer on retroflective fabric 47 1/2 x 39 1/4 in. Signed verso: Daniel Legon 2012 Provenance: Galerie Christian Lethert, Cologne Daniel Lergon was born in Bonn, Germany. Ever since the beginning of his studies at the Universität der Künste (UdK) in Berlin (with Professor Lothar Baumgarten), he began his inquiries into color, the interaction of light on different surfaces and optical effects. Lergon has been working with fabrics of different optical and physical qualities, to which he applies lacquers and transparent varnishes to produce a broad range of effects that vary with the position of the viewer. In his early works, Lergon used color pigments within the range of the color spectrum, applying them to all kinds of material surfaces. In later work, while using transparent varnishes and synthetic, retro reflective fabric as painting surface (which reflects the light in the same direction from which it comes), he also includes colors at the very extremes of the spectrum into his work. His intensive study of the colors was thus always tied to the materiality of the painting’s ground and the question regarding this influence this would have on the viewer’s perception. In 2007, Lergon has stopped using color pigments directly – instead, he has been painting with colorless, clear lacquer on technical grounds. These retro reflexive materials were initially grey, later white and they behave unusually concerning how they reflect the light. The images appear either dull or bright, depending on the viewing position and alternate between two-dimensionality and three-dimensionality. And by using that technique, Lergon creates paintings that dispenses with color pigments, and which essentially come about in the special reflection of the light upon the varnish and painting’s ground. Lergon’s surfaces raise questions about perception, experience, and intuition, simultaneously with those of optics, cosmology, and theory. Biography sourced from Widewalls

Creator:

Daniel Lergon (1978, German)

Creation Year:

2012

Dimensions:

Height: 47.5 in (120.65 cm)Width: 39.25 in (99.7 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)

Medium:

Lacquer

Movement & Style:

Contemporary

Period:

2010-