Born in Salzburg 1953 Lives and works in Vienna The large group of twelve works, each measuring three feet square, has been executed on aluminum panels that "float" off the wall; all are painted by roller in “non-colors” - black, white or silver, or vivid hues – rust and purple - alternately matte or shiny, entirely covering the surface. These mechanical, almost uninflected, surfaces both invite the viewer’s gaze and simultaneously rebuff it. The silver paint additionally references the panels that provide the support, and is indeed composed from the same material: aluminum. As the eye grazes across the surface of the dozen panels, the reading of the whole is fractured by the variety of colors, paint finishes, and the evidently clastic composition of the entire wall–sized work.

By contrast, the combed surfaces of the works on canvas, akin to hugely enla rged record grooves, present the viewer with highly modulated surfaces that announce its substantial materiality. The combing is simply an adroit means, neither an artistic gesture nor process. The technique of production—one is tempted to say construction—is self–evident: the viscous, gelatinous paint proclaims itself as material more than image. For more information go to his  web site.

Other Artists Jill Baroff Georg Baselitz John Cage Merce Cunningham Richard Deacon Rudolf de Crignis Günther Förg Jakob Gasteiger Tayo Heuser Christine Hiebert Jörg Immendorff Per Kirkeby Douglas Landies Lee Lozano Tom Marioni Barbara Müller Nam June Paik Yvonne Puffer Michael Toenges Markus Weggenmann

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