Gary Kuehn
Eternal Figures, 1972
Acrylic and plaster on wood
Circle: 40.5 cm, 16 inches
Square: 40.5 x 40.5 cm, 16 x 16 inches
Triangle: 40.5 x 46 cm, 16 x 18 1/8 inches
Square: 40.5 x 40.5 cm, 16 x 16 inches
Triangle: 40.5 x 46 cm, 16 x 18 1/8 inches
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Photo: Frank Sperling
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Gary Kuehn zählt zu den prägenden Positionen der Process Art, deren radikale Erweiterung des Formbegriffs seit den 1960er-Jahren das Verhältnis zwischen Material, Bewegung und künstlerischer Setzung neu bestimmte. Seine Werke...
Gary Kuehn zählt zu den prägenden Positionen der Process Art, deren radikale Erweiterung des Formbegriffs seit den 1960er-Jahren das Verhältnis zwischen Material, Bewegung und künstlerischer Setzung neu bestimmte. Seine Werke basieren auf der kontinuierlichen Befragung des Materials und seiner Reaktionen auf Druck, Spannung und physische Intervention. „Eternal Figures“ (1972) konkretisiert diese Forschung in drei schwarzen Leinwänden, die jeweils die elementaren Formen Kreis, Quadrat und Dreieck aufgreifen. Die Geometrien sind nicht nur Träger, sondern zugleich Grenze und Resonanzraum der Geste. Entlang der Ränder der Leinwände setzt Kuehn gestische, energiegeladene Striche, die sich scheinbar ausdehnen wollen und doch innerhalb einer präzise gesetzten inneren Begrenzung zurückgehalten werden. Die äußere Form wiederholt sich als Echo im Inneren, als kontrollierte Spur körperlicher Bewegung, die sich an den formalen Rahmen anlehnt und sich gleichzeitig gegen ihn behauptet.
Gary Kuehn is one of the defining figures of Process Art, whose radical expansion of the concept of form since the 1960s has redefined the relationship between material, movement, and artistic expression. His works are based on the continuous questioning of material and its reactions to pressure, tension, and physical intervention. Eternal Figures (1972) concretizes this research in three black canvases, each of which takes up the elementary forms of the circle, square, and triangle. The geometries are not only carriers, but also boundaries and resonance chambers for the gesture. Along the edges of the canvases, Kuehn applies gestural, energetic strokes that seem to want to expand but are held back within a precisely set inner boundary. The outer form is repeated as an echo within, as a controlled trace of physical movement that leans on the formal framework and at the same time asserts itself against it.
Gary Kuehn is one of the defining figures of Process Art, whose radical expansion of the concept of form since the 1960s has redefined the relationship between material, movement, and artistic expression. His works are based on the continuous questioning of material and its reactions to pressure, tension, and physical intervention. Eternal Figures (1972) concretizes this research in three black canvases, each of which takes up the elementary forms of the circle, square, and triangle. The geometries are not only carriers, but also boundaries and resonance chambers for the gesture. Along the edges of the canvases, Kuehn applies gestural, energetic strokes that seem to want to expand but are held back within a precisely set inner boundary. The outer form is repeated as an echo within, as a controlled trace of physical movement that leans on the formal framework and at the same time asserts itself against it.