Günter Förg, 1952 in Füssen born, lives and works in Areuse (Switzerland). Great color, grids, stripes. Relief-like structures, visible "handmade". Glossy architectural photographs. What initially seems disparate, Günter Förg to get a common denominator. The confrontation with the area is the central theme in his work that he and the wide range of media from painting, murals, sculptures, installations and photography editing. Based on large monochrome work in the early 1970s Förg experimenting with different materials such as lead or aluminum sheets. In addition, wall paintings and sculptures, arranged in large-scale installations, and the series of architectural photographs. The peculiar, even haptic material and media qualities that trace their own hand at sculpture or brush management, Günter Förg are of great importance. Taking into space and the viewer, for example through the reflecting glass of his photographic work, he goes beyond the traditional boundaries of the table image. His appropriation of nature allied plant, in the sense of mastery of abstract properties of the fundamental categories of art and the art world, actively explores conditions and limits of art. © ArtLogistics |
