Ingo Meller
dal 12/11/2003 al 13/12/2003
Segnalato da
12/11/2003
Ingo Meller
Andrew Mummery Gallery, London
There is a beautiful simplicity about Ingo Meller's work. They are pared down paintings with a direct appeal to the senses, which omit everything for which the artist has no use.
Andrew Mummery is pleased to present a solo exhibition of recent paintings
by Ingo Meller.
There is a beautiful simplicity about Ingo Meller's work. They are pared
down paintings with a direct appeal to the senses, which omit everything for
which the artist has no use. "I paint oils on canvas, using a brush... It
looks artless, spare and thrifty." (Ingo Meller).
The paintings are created by the artist using a number of self-imposed
rules, about which he is quite explicit. The canvases are bare, irregularly
shaped, always unframed and attached directly to the wall, into which they
extend, encompassing the architectural space. The pigments are ready-made,
applied direct from the tube and precise descriptions of these colours,
Brilliant Yellow, Extra Pale, Williamsburg etc form the titles of the
painting. They are factual descriptions, which sound poetic.
This interrelation between the rational and emotional lies at the heart of
Meller's work, which seems to mediate serenely between the conceptual and
the transcendent. Nothing is apparently left to chance and yet Mellor uses
paint in a way that is gestural, subjective and sensuous. "The encounter
with the picture is bound up with countless associations. These depend on
specific constellations of colour, the way in which the paint is applied,
the direction of the strokes, the irregular form of the canvas. The picture
appeals to the viewer's ability to see and make connections." (Ingo Meller)
Ingo Meller was born in 1955 and now lives and works in Cologne.
The exhibition coincides with the publication of a fully illustrated book
Ingo Meller: Brot und Butter/Bread and Butter with essays by the artist and
by Jens Peter Koerver and Adrian Koerfer. Published by Verlag fur moderne
Kunst Nurnberg, the book is available from the Andrew Mummery Gallery for
£15 (plus p&p)
An nrw@uk project supported by the Goethe-Institut London and the Ministry
of Urban Development and Housing, Culture and Sport NRW
Private View: Tuesday, 12 November 6-8pm
Tuesday - Saturday, 11am - 6pm
Andrew Mummery Gallery
Studio 1.04 Tea Building
56 Shoreditch High Street
London E1 6JJ
t/f: +44 (0)20 7729 9399