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Georg Herold — canvas on wooden frame
Georg Herold

canvas on wooden frame

A deceptively simple work that challenges conventional notions of painting and construction, Georg Herold's *Canvas on Wooden Frame* turns the hidden infrastructure of traditional art-making into the subject itself. By exposing or manipulating the relationship between support and surface, Herold interrogates the basic conditions of what constitutes a painting. The piece reflects his broader conceptual practice of undermining artistic conventions through wit, reduction, and material candor.

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Contemporary Art Day Sale

October 15, 2015

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Georg Herold, canvas on wooden frame

A deceptively simple work that challenges conventional notions of painting and construction, Georg Herold's *Canvas on Wooden Frame* turns the hidden infrastructure of traditional art-making into the subject itself. By exposing or manipulating the relationship between support and surface, Herold interrogates the basic conditions of what constitutes a painting. The piece reflects his broader conceptual practice of undermining artistic conventions through wit, reduction, and material candor.

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Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

German Artist, Institutional Critique, Minimalist Aesthetic, Minimalist, Male Artist, Intellectual Mood, Mixed Media, Arte Povera Influence, Conceptual Art, Avant-Garde, Contemporary Artist, Late 20th Century, Neutral Tones, Abstract, Post-Modern

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