still stimmt (quietly true)

Details

Jonas Burgert (b. 1969)
still stimmt (quietly true)
signed, titled and dated '-still stimmt- 2014 J. Burgert' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
86 5/8 x 110 ¼in. (220 x 280cm.)
Painted in 2014

Provenance

Blain Southern, London.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2014.

Exhibited

J. Fletcher and C. Albrecht (eds.), Jonas Burgert, Cologne 2016 (illustrated in colour, pp. 58-59, and 152).
London, Blain Southern, STÜCK HIRN BLIND, 2014.

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Lot Essay

‘How can I integrate in my paintings the cynical and artificial elements that I feel characterize our time? I found the wonderful idea of doing this via colour, in an abstract manner. I proceed as follows: on the canvas I develop a completely classical theme and a composition that can be quiescent at times, then change the proportions at my will and finally try to exhaust the colours by drawing them out until they almost become toxic, poisonous.’ – Jonas Burgert

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