Acrylic on canvas. Signed and dated in upper right. 140 x 160 cm. - Streaks, layers and transparent passages make the canvas vibrate. - A minimalist style with maximum radiance. - In 2018, Förg was honored with a retrospective at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, as well as at the Dallas Museum of Art, in 2023 at the Long Museum, Shanghai, and in 2024 at the Centro de Arte Contemporáneo, Málaga. - Works by the artist are at renowned museums around the world, among them the Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, the Tate Modern, London, and the Museum of Modern Art, New York. The work is registered in the archive of the Estate Günther Förg under the number WVF 03.B.0243.
Our untitled acrylic painting from 2003 once more demonstrates the ease and naturalness with which Günther Förg brings the sensual power of color to full bloom: Inevitably, the abstraction, usually brought onto the picture in one go, becomes a backdrop for free associations. In a way that is rather unique in his oeuvre, Förg's mastery of touching the viewer with painterly means reduced to the maximum becomes evident once again. Förg's complex oeuvre reveals a variety of influences. While he was initially influenced by abstract pre-war modernism, the art of Blinky Palermo or Cy Twombly was formative in the 1970s, while later influence came from, among others, American Action and Color Field Painting. "Untitled" also inevitably draws links to Nicolas de Staël (1914-1955), one of the most important French painters of post-war modernism. In the early 1950s, de Staël's painting gradually moved towards a synthesis of figuration and abstraction; the colors also became more fluid and were set in strong contrasts. In the present work, Förg brings the canvas to life through the visible traces of the brush, but also through different incidences of light. Streaks, layers and transparent openings let the black vibrate. Yellow and orange act as wonderfully balanced counterparts. Förg embeds abstract forms in the foreground in a diffuse background, thus allowing for the most diverse and at the same time thoroughly mysterious associations. The artist draws from a rich source of inspiration, adapting and transforming what he sees, thus constantly creating new impulses in terms of material, color and space. He looks for artistic starting points and creates a new, completely independent concept of painting. Our acrylic work from 2003 is therefore a wonderful example of Förg's complex and well thought-out approach. [AW]
In good condition, colors in fine impression. Two tiny color losses in the upper left edges of the image. The condition report was compiled in daylight with the help of an ultraviolet light and to the best of knowledge.
Lot Details
Acrylic on canvas. Signed and dated in upper right. 140 x 160 cm. - Streaks, layers and transparent passages make the canvas vibrate. - A minimalist style with maximum radiance. - In 2018, Förg was honored with a retrospective at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, as well as at the Dallas Museum of Art, in 2023 at the Long Museum, Shanghai, and in 2024 at the Centro de Arte Contemporáneo, Málaga. - Works by the artist are at renowned museums around the world, among them the Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, the Tate Modern, London, and the Museum of Modern Art, New York. The work is registered in the archive of the Estate Günther Förg under the number WVF 03.B.0243.
Our untitled acrylic painting from 2003 once more demonstrates the ease and naturalness with which Günther Förg brings the sensual power of color to full bloom: Inevitably, the abstraction, usually brought onto the picture in one go, becomes a backdrop for free associations. In a way that is rather unique in his oeuvre, Förg's mastery of touching the viewer with painterly means reduced to the maximum becomes evident once again. Förg's complex oeuvre reveals a variety of influences. While he was initially influenced by abstract pre-war modernism, the art of Blinky Palermo or Cy Twombly was formative in the 1970s, while later influence came from, among others, American Action and Color Field Painting. "Untitled" also inevitably draws links to Nicolas de Staël (1914-1955), one of the most important French painters of post-war modernism. In the early 1950s, de Staël's painting gradually moved towards a synthesis of figuration and abstraction; the colors also became more fluid and were set in strong contrasts. In the present work, Förg brings the canvas to life through the visible traces of the brush, but also through different incidences of light. Streaks, layers and transparent openings let the black vibrate. Yellow and orange act as wonderfully balanced counterparts. Förg embeds abstract forms in the foreground in a diffuse background, thus allowing for the most diverse and at the same time thoroughly mysterious associations. The artist draws from a rich source of inspiration, adapting and transforming what he sees, thus constantly creating new impulses in terms of material, color and space. He looks for artistic starting points and creates a new, completely independent concept of painting. Our acrylic work from 2003 is therefore a wonderful example of Förg's complex and well thought-out approach. [AW]
In good condition, colors in fine impression. Two tiny color losses in the upper left edges of the image. The condition report was compiled in daylight with the help of an ultraviolet light and to the best of knowledge.
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Günther Förg 
