Picture "In the Mirror. Five Stones" (2012) (Unique piece)
Picture "In the Mirror. Five Stones" (2012) (Unique piece)
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unique piece | signed | woodcut on cardboard | framed | size 146 x 106 cm
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Picture "In the Mirror. Five Stones" (2012) (Unique piece)
The monumental size of the present work is unusual for a woodcut but is in line with the conventions of this artistic style. The colour application of the printing technique creates a unique effect in this large format. Designed as a multicolour print, it gives the impression of transparency of the surfaces; at times, reflections can also be associated when looking at it.
In terms of motifs, the work is situated between Representationalism and formal art. Curves and circular forms soften the edges of the picture format, while a fragile line work engages in a dynamic dialogue with the serene colour effect. The unique piece thrives on its ambiguity, which is apparent in numerous aspects of the imagery. The woodcut is related to a group of works by the artist created between 2011 and 2014.
Coloured woodcut on white passe-partout board, 2012. Signed. Motif size/sheet size 140 x 100 cm. Size in frame 146 x 106 cm as shown.
About Bernd Zimmer
Bernd Zimmer (born in 1948 in Planegg near Munich, Germany) transports us into a new reality with his paintings, which he creates using broad brushstrokes and strong colours that flow into one another. Zimmer finds his inspiration in nature, the cosmos or biblical content, yet in the painting process, he has no specific models like photographs or such. "All my paintings are invented situations. They are experiences that express themselves in painting."
Zimmer founded the "Junge Wilden" at the end of the 1970s with his colleagues Rainer Fetting and Helmut Middendorf. Today he is one of the most important contemporary German artists, and his work is successful worldwide.
Term for paintings and sculptures that are detached from the representational depiction, which spread throughout the entire western and parts of the eastern world from around 1910 onwards in ever new stylistic variations. The Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky, born in 1866, is considered the founder of abstract art. Other important artists of abstract art are K.S. Malewitsch, Piet Mondrian, and others.
A one-of-a-kind or unique piece is a work of art that has been personally created by the artist. It exists only once due to the type of production (oil painting, watercolours, drawing, etc.).
In addition to the classic unique pieces, there exist the so-called "serial unique pieces". They present a series of works with the same colour, motif and technique, manually prepared by the same artist. The serial unique pieces are rooted in "serial art", a type of modern art, that aims to create an aesthetic effect through series, repetitions and variations of the same objects or themes or a system of constant and variable elements or principles.
In the history of arts, the starting point of this trend was the work "Les Meules" (1890/1891) by Claude Monet, in which for the first time a series was created that went beyond a mere group of works. The other artists, who addressed to the serial art, include Claude Monet, Piet Mondrian and above all Gerhard Richter.