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Robert Mangold
1937, North Tonawanda U.S.A. - Washingtonville U.S.A.

Robert Mangold is regarded as one of the pioneers of minimal art and fundamental painting. Mangold is a painter who investigates the elementary in the medium of painting. His paintings do not refer to things that lie outside the field of vision. He thinks a painting is a sum of its components: the contour of the painting, the interplay with the space, the layering of the paint and the touch. For example, the painting ‘Plane/Figure Series (double panel) F’, from 1993, consists of two canvases that are attached to each other in such a way as to create a single irregular rectangle. The colours confirm the separation of the two parts. The two sides are cut off diagonally and refer to the effect of the central perspective.

The two ellipses can be seen as circles distorted in perspective. The space suggested in this way is reinforced by the agitated touch and the backgrounds painted in many different layers.

The museum’s collection contains Plane/Figure Series (double panel) F’ (1993), ‘Red with Green Ellipse / Gray Frame ‘ (1989) and ‘Plane/Figure #12-4 (1993).

 

Plane / Figure Series (Double Panel) F, 1993