Forg Architecture Circles Field Colorful Contemporary Abstract Conceptualism

View Similar Items

Alberto Montaño Mason - Red Room

Alberto Montaño Mason - Black Room

Alberto Montaño Mason - White Room

Alberto Montaño Mason - Black Room (Triangles)

Jesus Iraizoz - Abstract engraving print

Ray H. French - Debris

Wassily Kandinsky - Etching for Stephen Spender “Fraternity”

Lauren Steinert - Trace #3

Lauren Steinert - Trace #4

Frank Stella - The Pequod Meets the Jeroboam: Her Story from the Moby Dick Deckle Edges Series

Ron Davis - Drypoint Lambda II

Ron Davis - Drypoint Lambda I

1 of 7

Günther Förg
Forg Architecture Circles Field Colorful Contemporary Abstract Conceptualism
1993

About the Item

During his studies, Förg developed a practice grounded almost exclusively in grey and black monochrome. These early investigations into gray—also called ‘Gitter’ paintings—demonstrate the beginning of a lifelong commitment to conceptualism. As he stated, ‘Grey is nothing: not white, not black. Something in between. Not concerned with the figure. Something free.’ While the artist later incorporated color into his monochrome series, his use of gray represents a neutral foundation from which he conceived his oeuvre. In the 1980s, Förg began utilizing photography, printing large-format images of culturally—and politically—significant architectural structures; throughout the 1980s and 1990s, his photographic works achieved critical acclaim and were exhibited at major museums internationally. During this time, Förg also began experimenting upon the exhibition space itself, painting over the gallery walls, and positioning photographs against his own paintings. Förg entered a new phase of experimentation in the late 1980s, which brought him back to painting, but also included the embrace of new materials for him, such wood, copper, bronze, and lead. Förg’s renowned lead series—acrylic painted on sheets of lead and supported by wooden frames—blurs the line between painting and sculpture in an evolution towards object-making. The present print follows this idea. Architektur I 1993 Heliogravure in colors (2 plates) on wove paper Zerkall From a portfolio with five heliogravures called Architektur Signed, dated and numbered in pencil from edition of 60 91.5 x 65 cm; sheet: 96 x 69 cm Published and printed by Till Verclas, Hamburg

Creator:
Günther Förg (1952, German)
Creation Year:
1993
Dimensions:
Height: 37.8 in (96 cm)Width: 27.17 in (69 cm)
More Editions & Sizes:
91.5 x 65 cm; sheet: 96 x 69 cm, edition of 60Price: $2,566
Medium:
Engraving
Movement & Style:
Abstract Geometric
Period:
1990-1999
Framing:
Frame Included
Framing Options Available
Condition:
Gallery Location:
MADRID, ES
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU2385212139692