Günther Förg: Zwölf Bleibilder: 1989

Gu nther Förg's beautifully produced, limited-edition book features twelvelarge-format lead paintings from 1989. The oversized trim size and highquality photographic reproductions convey an immediate and visceralimpression of the paintings at scale. Like his contemporary and onetimecollaborator Blinky Palermo, Förg dedicated himself to combiningtraditions of American Minimalism with a rigorous conceptual and evenmystical underpinning. Förg s thinly painted wooden surfaces andcloudy, layered palette have an enigmatic appeal, seemingly organic yetcountered by the painterly application of his strict geometric figurations.In the words of fellow artist Max Weschler, The special color of the lead[...] oscillating between iridescent gray and blue, seems like a darklythreatening storm with its infinite gradations of gloom that coalesces ina fine play upon natural and artificial patinas. Contributing essays byBritta Schröder and Max Wechsler.