Günther Förg - Untitled - image-1

Lot 565 D

Günther Förg - Untitled

Auction 1005 - overview Cologne
01.12.2012, 11:00 - Contemporary Art
Estimate: 25.000 € - 35.000 €
Result: 31.720 € (incl. premium)

Acrylic on canvas 160 x 140 cm. Signed and dated 'Förg 02' upper left. The reverse additionaly signed and dated 'Förg 02'. - Occasional minor surface rubbing.

Commenting on Günther Förg's formal structure, the art historian Bernd Reiß says:

“Shapes of lines, frames, bars, stripes, crosses, grids and nets have been important elements in Förg's oeuvre since his very beginnings as an artist. These shapes remind us of architecture or of architectural elements such as windows and doors, and they add structure and rhythm to his paintings. Yet the effect is not three-dimensional or illusionist. The terms of architecture are indispensable components and a frequently recurring motif in his pictorial composition.” (Bernd Reiß: Günther Förg: Bilder, Wände, Fotografien, in: Galerie Max Hetzler (ed.), Günther Förg 1987-2011, exhib.cat., Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin 2011, p.7).