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Oto RimeleLight and the Ladder (no. 5)2021
2021
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Kinetic Minimalism of the Light
“Rimele went even further; in his installations, he studied the laws of colour reflections and shadows with care and thus created magical new worlds in which materiality intertwines with their coloured shadowed dematerialisation.”
Dr. Jure Mikuž
December, 2012
(in the book Oto Rimele. Spirituality of Material Absence, p. 28)
In the past tradition of painting, only the frontal parts of paintings were always the carriers of the content. I broke this millennial tradition and focused my attention on applying colour onto the edges and the back of the painting. These parts of my painting compositions are hidden from the viewer's eye and are visible only indirectly – as reflections of the paint reflecting onto the wall area, addressing the viewer with their immaterial presence. This creates coloured light and coloured shadows, which change in the intensity of the coloured radiation in daylight. A single painting composition, however, does not show just one static image, but addresses the viewer with a multitude of images generated by the changing daylight throughout the day. The attentive observer experiences such kinetic pictorial images personally and as a complete mental (spiritual) experience.
In the paintings of past periods, light is depicted only indirectly – as an “illuminator” of the materiality of the pictorial motif. For me, light itself is the central motif of painting exploration. In my luminous painting objects, however, I do not depict light, but create it. It is an actual, present light that communicates with the viewer as a living, moving part of the artistic message.
In the series of fourteen images entitled Light and Ladder created in 2021, I add one or more ladders to the full-wood painting objects, which have been woven from a single piece of wire. The ladder is for the viewer's mind and the light is for the viewer's soul. The first rises, the second glows.
Our individual actions and thoughts are always also committed to the universality of the Universe. And the Universe, despite its apparent immobility, is possible, alive and active because of the uniqueness of the minds of individuals. Each one of us contributes in some way. And that is what counts.
O. Rimele
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Light and the Ladder (no. 5)
2021
wooden construction, colour, wax, 3-D metal object
158 x 15 x 5.6 cm
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In recent years, Oto Rimele prepared independent expositions presenting his work in New York (Pratt Institute, 2019), Vienna (Korotan Gallery, 2018), Berlin (Galerie B1, Schönberg) and Maribor (the former Minorite church, 2018).
In 2016 and 2017 he participated in the joint exposition in the Carrousel du Louvre in Paris.
In 2021, the publishing house Masters of Today published a guide entitled “Top 10 Contemporary Artists”, in which Rimele’s artistic experience is presented on 26 pages. He presented the series Berlin Portraits at the Rhy Art Salon Basel 2022 in Switzerland. In 2023he was featured in the publication Top 10 Contemporary Artists – V6 by the publishing house Masters of Today (MOT) in London.
- Creator:Oto Rimele (1962, Slovene)
- Creation Year:2021
- Dimensions:Height: 62.21 in (158 cm)Width: 5.91 in (15 cm)Depth: 2.21 in (5.6 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Maribor, SI
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU2082212831902
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