Solo exhibition Gerhard Himmer. Inverse Painting

Basics

Description

“With his painting, Gerhard Himmer stands for the processual and self-referential orientation of the panel painting, within which the autonomous expressiveness of colour as a material and the tactile properties of the picture surface are the theme. In a kind of medial self-portrayal, his abstract compositions, devoid of any gestural brushstrokes, are generated from the fundamental properties and reaction modes of colour, its relationship to gravity and the nature of the pictorial ground. Himmer’s paintings are characterised by a strong tension between control and fluidity.

In past exhibitions, Himmer has impressed with almost monumental formats which, in their serial arrangement, could be interpreted as a homage to the multifaceted nature of quasi-monochrome painting. The artist always fills the entire surface of the canvas. If you stand directly in front of one of these large-scale paintings, it transforms from an object of contemplation into an environment for the viewer. The surface becomes a space.”

Text by Manisha Jothady

[Quelle: https://web.archive.org/web/20250616085338/https://www.gezwanzig.com/inverse-painting/]

Participants

Gerhard Himmer, Karin Pernegger (Rede)