
“Really, painting should be sexy. It should be sensual. These are things that will always escape the concept.” Günther Förg
A monumental six-part work executed in acrylic on lead-covered wood panels, this piece embodies Förg's lifelong interrogation of painting's physical and emotional limits. The cold, weighty presence of the lead ground is animated by gestural layers of acrylic, creating a tension between industrial austerity and sensuous painterly touch. True to the work's title — drawn from Förg's own words — the piece resists pure conceptual reduction, insisting instead on an immediate, visceral experience that exceeds language.
- Medium
- acrylic on lead on wood, in 6 parts
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale
May 8, 2016
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