"Untitled", multipart painting, abstract, conceptual, stripes, relief

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Jonas Maas
"Untitled", multipart painting, abstract, conceptual, stripes, relief
2019

About the Item

Jonas Maas (born 1985 in Trier, lives in Dusseldorf) studied at the Kunsthochschule Mainz and at the Art Academy Dusseldorf in Germany. He graduated in the class of Turner-price recipient Tomma Abts. His works have been collected by major institutional and private collections (i.e. Federal Republic of Germany; kunstpalast, Dusseldorf; DZ Bank Luxembourg; Helaba, Frankfurt; LBBW Stuttgart; Philara, Dusseldorf). Maas’ works are complex compositions on either wood or aluminum. In recent times, as in the case of this multi-part work "Untitled", eight MDF panels (each measuring 58 x 41 x 3 cm) serve as image carriers on which he applies his precisely constructed stripes in acrylic paint, lacquer and ink. The composition of the stripes is based on a work from 2012 that Maas had sketched – at the time – digitally, with the help of an image-processing program. On this basis, he used the multiple elements with the stripes in a modular way, changing the order of the colors (starting either with the one or the other color red or white) and formed a constellation / figuration within a framework of a fixed frame, which can make one think of figurative sign, even though we see mainly abstract geometric forms. He is interested in the interplay of modular use and monolithic effect. Interspaces created in the arrangement become free spaces that can be extended or closed by the eye of the beholder, thus opening up a further pictorial space – entirely in the tradition of 'Gestalt' theory. In this way, the viewer is more conscious of his own being in space and time, orienting himself, so to speak, in space. The actual architectural space is thus linked with the pictorial space. In contrast to earlier works, Maas refrained from printing directly from digital sources. The colors (and with them the abstract composition of stringently recurring patterns) are rather brought onto the picture carrier in a very analogous way, partly with the brush, partly rolled. Through repetitions, color changes, replacements or shifts, which as such – i.e. through layering – also lead to the final color tone, brush strokes and structures that seem to have nothing to do with the upper surface shimmer through. So we can speak of a discrepancy between what we see at first glance and what we have to work out by looking more closely. Maas animates us to take a closer look, or invites us to do so. The colors are strong, lively contrasts. Maas incorporates minimal, concentrated deviations, which in turn irritate perception and challenge the viewer's attention. Each panel has small "carriers" so that the image areas we see hang in front of the wall and thus reach into the room. So these are basically reliefs rather than pictures. In contrast to – for example – an artist like Frank Stella, who in earlier years insisted on making paintings and not objects ("... just enough depth to emphasize the surface. In other words, it makes it more like a painting and less like an object, by stressing the surface. ... I don't paint around the edge", in: Questions to Stella and Judd, Interview by Bruce Glaser, broadcasted in February 1964), Maas does paint around the edges of the picture. He is thus creating three-dimensional objects through the form of the installation and the application of paint. To sum it up: Maas is interested in highlighting the interaction of color and object in his abstract works and – as a result – in the analysis and redefinition of painting. He is thus making this work also a conceptual piece of art, dealing with the nature of painting.

Creator:
Jonas Maas (1985)
Creation Year:
2019
Dimensions:
Height: 120.48 in (306 cm)Width: 69.3 in (176 cm)Depth: 1.19 in (3 cm)
Medium:
Fiberboard,Varnish,Ink,Acrylic
Movement & Style:
Abstract Geometric
Period:
21st Century
Condition:
Gallery Location:
Cologne, DE
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU134425711361