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Günther Förg — “Really, painting should be sexy. It should be sensual. These are things that will always escape the concept.” Günther Förg
Günther Förg

“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

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale

May 8, 2016

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Günther Förg, “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
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

German Artist, 20th Century, Abstract Expressionism, Gestural Abstraction, Acrylic Painting, Contemporary Art, Polyptych, Lead Ground

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