Gunther Forg - Forty Drawings 1993

Holzwarth Publications, ISBN 9783947127054,
Hb, 88 pgs, 30 x 42cm
40 ills
Acqn. 28351
In Stock

£105.00
In these forty works on paper made in 1993, we can observe how Gunther Forg gradually constructs his artistic thoughts. The compositions focus on clearly formulated ideas, while in their lively and spontaneous execution the artist's hand comes to the fore-not by coincidence the hand is also a recurring motif in these works. Some of the pages feature crosshatchings, squares, and vertical slashes opening up the picture ground, looking like possible preparatory sketches for later paintings. Other pages are more casual, random thoughts in which figurative elements can be discerned: heads, globes, knees, mountains, and again hands. This book, published in an edition limited to 300 copies, introduces us to these drawings compiled as a series by Forg and reproduced in their original format-allowing us to meet an artist who uses the tensions between abstraction and figuration, geometry and spontaneity with a virtuoso directness.