26-6-97-3, 1997
Acrylic on corrugated cardboard
Sheet dimensions68,5 × 56,5 cm
Status
on display, room GAUL. Werke aus der Sammlung Kemp About the workEmpty packaging usually ends up in the bin. Winfred Gaul, however, transformed it into a painting surface. From 1981 onwards, he used all kinds of discarded materials in his ongoing series Recycling. In this piece, for instance, he used corrugated cardboard that had already served its everyday purpose. The alternation of narrow and wide as well as smooth and dynamically painted surfaces recalls the composition of Gaul’s multipart colour field paintings. The act of reworking and transforming material into something new is evident here in two ways – in the support and in the motif.
AccessionKemp Collection Foundation
ProvenanceSeptember 1999 Willi Kemp (Köln 1927 - 2020 Düsseldorf) erworben vom Künstler; 2011 Stiftung Sammlung Kemp im Kunstpalast erworben durch Schenkung Willi Kemp
Inventory numberKemp 407