Daniel Göttin is a Swiss artist, whose work is divided between site-specific work and coloured or painted objects for walls. He lives and works in Basel. Göttin is working with common industrial material, which can be paint, tape, wood, metal, polystyrene, plastic and carpet. The concept for an installation work depends on the site and its conditions. For his objects and paintings, he uses similar material. Göttin's interest and concept are to examine the subjective nature of perception and playfully respond to the characteristics of an architectural site or space and activate the viewer’s relationship to it. His artistic background relates mainly to Minimal Art, Concrete Art and Conceptual Art. Besides these art tendencies, he works also with aspects of Dada/Merz, Constructivism and Arte Povera. For more than 25 years, he has focused on making temporary and permanent site-specific installations and interventions, Art in Public Space, objects, paintings, drawings, collages and prints. Göttin has organized more than 60 solo exhibitions and projects since 1990 at museums, institutions, galleries, public and private collections as well as non-profits, throughout Europe, Japan, Australia, Mexico and the United States. Together with his partner Gerda Maise, Göttin started the philanthropic artspace Hebel_121 in Basel in 1998, offering foreign artists a platform for installative exhibitions.
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Untitled 3 (K3) 2011 (Abstract wall object)
By Daniel Göttin
Located in London, GB
Untitled 3 (K3) 2011 (Abstract wall object) Lacquer on MDF - Unframed This work is one of 12 similar wall objects consisting of colour lacquered MDF. Form and colour of the object...
Lacquer
Untitled 4, 2019 (Abstract painting)
By Daniel Göttin
Located in London, GB
Untitled 4, 2019 (Abstract painting) Acrylic on cotton - Unframed. Göttin is working with common industrial material which can be paint, tape, wood, metal, polystyrene, plastic, ca...
Cotton, Acrylic
Untitled 2 (Pink) 1992 (Abstract Painting)
By Daniel Göttin
Located in London, GB
Untitled 2 (Pink) 1992 (Abstract Painting) Acrylic on pavatex - Unframed This work is one of two earlier works consisting of brush acrylic painted pavatex. The pavatex surface is flat, the painted motive is handmade without using tape for hard edges, creating a soft appearance. The work is treating the figure-ground problem in a playful way, using contrasting colours, creating a pending moment of the elements. Daniel Göttin...
Acrylic
Untitled 4, 2019 (Abstract painting)
By Daniel Göttin
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on cotton - Unframed. Göttin is working with common industrial material which can be paint, tape, wood, metal, polystyrene, plastic, carpet. His interest and concept are to...
Cotton, Acrylic
Slopes B8 (Abstract Painting)
By Daniel Göttin
Located in London, GB
Slopes B8 (Abstract Painting) Acrylic on MDF - Unframed. Göttin is working with common industrial material which can be paint, tape, wood, metal, polystyrene, plastic, carpet. His...
Wood, Acrylic
2003 Untitled 3 (Abstract Painting)
By Daniel Göttin
Located in London, GB
2003 Untitled 3 (Abstract Painting) Acrylic on cotton fabric on MDF - Unframed. Göttin is working with common industrial material which can be paint, tape, wood, metal, polystyrene...
Cotton, Wood, Acrylic
2003 Untitled 3
By Daniel Göttin
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on cotton fabric on MDF - Unframed. Göttin is working with common industrial material which can be paint, tape, wood, metal, polystyrene, plastic, carpet. His interest and ...
Cotton, Wood, Acrylic
O6A-B, 2018 (Abstract painting)
By Daniel Göttin
Located in London, GB
O6A-B, 2018 (Abstract painting) Acrylic on galvanised iron - Unframed. This artwork is sold as a diptych. Each elements' dimensions: 30 x 20 x 2 cm / 11.8 x 7.8 x 0.78 inches. In ...
Iron