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Switzerland
Installation, New Media on Other
Size: 118.1 W x 59.1 H x 0.2 D in
Ships in a Crate
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The numbers 1 to 1000 are continuously written on tracing paper (Fig.1). On a second tracing paper the numbers 1 to 250 are counted by randomly connecting digits from the first paper with a single line for each number (Fig 2). On the third tracing paper the numbers 251-500 are visualized with lines (Fig 3), on the fourth the numbers 501-750, the fifth 751-1000 (815). Each digit from the first slides is used only once. By this approach, a network of lines evolves. The ever increasing density of lines connecting the already used digits and the overlay of the 5 transparent papers makes counting up to 1000 effectively impossible. The system becomes impenetrable. That's why I had to capitulate and finish at number 815. I then printed the drawings on acrylic glass and arranged them as a large installation the visitor can walk through. Size and price of the artwork refer to one component. The installation can be purchased as a unit or as a submultiple of the unit to be installed as a wall piece.
Installation:New Media on Other
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:118.1 W x 59.1 H x 0.2 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:Not applicable
Packaging:Ships in a Crate
Delivery Time:Typically 5-7 business days for domestic shipments, 10-14 business days for international shipments.
Handling:Ships in a wooden crate for additional protection of heavy or oversized artworks. Crated works are subject to an $80 care and handling fee. Artists are responsible for packaging and adhering to Saatchi Art’s packaging guidelines.
Ships From:Switzerland.
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Switzerland
born in Weimar, Germany lives and works in Berlin and Zurich ___ I explore the movement of drawing. By repeating lines, numbers and phrases the concrete form assumes an abstract shape. In my work I deconstruct the process of becoming art and the creative act itself. By repeating seemingly trivial basic elements (point, line) and using standard everyday materials, the process in its reduced, repetitive form itself becomes an artistic work. The systematic, constant drawing of lines – as such writing numbers and words is also drawing - becomes a contemplative act. The process itself thus becomes a question of what is art? How is art created? What distinguishes me as an artist? This mantra-like questioning in the drawing results in an irresistible mental focus. In some way I make sure of myself over and over again, as if every line was a continuous confirmation of my artistic activity. The drawing becomes an expression of my physical and mental engagement with the creation of a work of art. Physical and intellectual movement merge in every line. This process of repetition endows me with a sense of identity. Every next line within the previously defined system contains all previous lines and still remains individual. Each digit and each line can be seen as independent. At the same time, the accumulation of numbers forms a larger single number and the accumulation of lines form an area, and assume a distinct new shape. The repetition of the same creates a new entity and the nature of the form changes in the process of repetition.
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