Nails, dispersion paint, blackboard varnish and graphite on muslin on panel 90 x 90 x 4 cm. The reverse of the panel signed twice and dated '86 Uecker' with directional arrow and information. - Studio traces and some foxing.
"The artist finds a variety of formations
and structures
that add up to icons
and which he succeeds in specifying.
He is the conductor of a creative process.
It is a matter of choosing between the sophistication of what is happening,
of going with the flow, of seeing yourself as being carried,
of exploring space,
of giving it a new interpretation in time.
Let us leave behind signs,
shifting, becoming blurred.
Let us quit the world of objects,
Let us penetrate through fences, boards and canvases,
we become invisibly visible
in a place where the world of silence reveals itself.
Remainders of a changing world,
let us leave them behind,
and let us not use them as walls or fences that make us blind,
let us not seek support,
but let us move."
Günther Uecker (1963), in: Dieter Honisch, Günther Uecker, Eine Retrospektive, exh.cat., Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich, n. pag.
Certificate
With accompanying signed photo certificate from the artist.
Provenance
Private Possession, Germany
Literature
Ralf Merten, Wirklichkeit der Farbe, Max Ackermann, Günter Uecker, Stuttgart 1992, cat.no.55, p.155 with col.ill.