Rudolf Stingel
The radicalness of Stingel’s Cellotex panels is often underestimated. While rejecting any suggestion of being a social, political or conceptual gesture, these works may be some of the most open and brave moments in recent contemporary art production. As with his provocative instruction book on how to make his paintings, Stingel once again gives himself and his work, in their totality, to the public and the viewer. He invites the viewer inside the surface of his work, and allows anyone to make a 'contribution' to it. The critical voice of the viewer becomes part of the work. Like magnetic tape, the artist records the viewer’s reaction to his work – not simply verbally, but physically.
Rudolf Stingel's untitled Celotex panel work invites viewers to physically engage with its soft insulation board surface, allowing marks, impressions, and inscriptions to become permanently embedded within the piece. Constructed from Celotex insulation board framed in wood and aluminum, the work transforms the traditional boundary between artwork and audience, making every touch and gesture a lasting contribution to its evolving surface. In surrendering authorial control, Stingel turns the painting into a living record of public interaction, where the viewer's physical presence becomes inseparable from the work itself.
- Medium
- Celotex insulation board, wood and aluminum
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale
June 27, 2016
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