Picture "Untitled (Yellow)" (2001) (Unique piece)
Picture "Untitled (Yellow)" (2001) (Unique piece)
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unique piece | dated | signed | watercolour and pencil on handmade paper | framed | size 37.5 x 32.5 cm
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Picture "Untitled (Yellow)" (2001) (Unique piece)
Watercolour over pencil on Arches handmade paper 2001, dated and signed. Motif size/sheet size 28.5 x 22 cm. Size in frame with real white gold overlay 37.5 x 32.5 cm as shown.
About Martin Eder
Martin Eder (born in 1968) is one of the most successful German painters and belongs to the squad of German artists who caused a sensation and set auction records on the international art market in the noughties.
The Berlin-based artist uses motifs of kitsch and captures them in large-format oil paintings. His naïve-looking depictions of pets and lasciviously draped women's or girls' bodies usually conceal a detail that irritates the viewer's gaze and is intended to make him think. The German magazine Art called him a "master of bad taste". The artist himself says about his painting: "The kitschier my subjects are, the better. I hate them. And yet I can't get away from them."
Martin Eder's controversial works are represented in numerous private collections.
Paintings with glazing watercolours, that are characterised by their transparency, which let deeper layers and painting surfaces shine through.
Often the paper surface is omitted. This contributes significantly to the effect of the work. The aquarelle painting requires skilful use of colour, as it dries quickly and corrections are almost impossible.
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.