Glattfelder
de Hansjörg Glattfelder, Barbara Willert, Malcolm R. Green
Der Schweizer Künstler Hans Jörg Glattfelder gehört zu den Hauptvertretern der konkreten Kunst und hat diese entscheidend weiterentwickelt. Der ausstellungsbegleitende Katalog gibt Einblicke in sein Œuvre von den Sechzigerjahren bis heute und stellt zahlreiche Gemälde und Reliefs sowie Collagen und Zeichnungen aus verschiedenen Schaffensphasen vor. In seiner langen Künstlerlaufbahn hat Hans Jörg Glattfelder zu besonderen Spielarten der geometrisch-konstruktiven Kunst gefunden. Ausgehend von mathematisch-analytischen Bildkompositionen begann er in den späten Sechzigerjahren, mehrdimensionale Raumvorstellungen in seine Werke einzubeziehen. Inspiriert von Wahrnehmungsphänomenen und wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnissen über den Raum, gelangte er zu Bildern mit ungewöhnlicher trapez- oder drachenartiger Form. In diesen Kompositionen bricht er mit den strengen rechtwinkligen Strukturen der herkömmlichen konkreten Kunst und thematisiert stattdessen die Raumkrümmung. Während sich bei einigen Bildern unmittelbar eine starke räumliche Wirkung einstellt, glaubt man in anderen erst nach langer intensiver Betrachtung einen hyperbolisch gekrümmten Raum zu sehen. --Publisher's website. Hans Jörg Glattfelder is one of the foremost exponents of Concrete Art and has been a decisive force in its continued development. Museum Ritter has taken his 80th birthday as the occasion to present a selection of choice works that highlight his oeuvre from the1960s to this day. Almost 30 paintings and reliefs from over five decades, together with around 50 collages and drawings grant deep insights into the various phases of his work. A particular delight for the viewer's eyes is in addition a kinetic wall installation consisting of drip-shaped elements that constantly produce new impressions. Throughout his long artistic career, Hans Jörg Glattfelder has forever come up with his own particular takes on geometrical constructive art. Setting out from mathematical-analytic compositions, in the late 1960s he managed to integrate complex notions of multi-dimensional space into his visual work. Already his vertically structured Lamellenreliefs (Rib Reliefs), which are built according to the concertina principle, showed his great interest in spatial effects. These works unleash their full effect when the viewer changes position, because they present different views at every new angle from which they are looked at. The same is true of the subsequent series of Pyramid Reliefs, which consist of mass-produced plastic modules. These reliefs, which the artist produced in large numbers, were responsible for establishing him on the art scene and remain today exemplary of his work. --Museum website.