Fresh Aufhebung, 2004
Information about the artwork
- Material170 paintings; acrylic on canvas
- Dimensions40 x 50 cm
- Year of acquisition2016
- Inventory numberUAB 1030 1/171-171/171
- On viewCurrently not exhibited
- Copyright© Jutta Koether and Galerie Buchholz Berlin / Cologne / New York. Photo: Haydar Koyupinar, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Munich
More about the artwork
In the early 2000s, Jutta Koether subjected her art to a series of strict systems. In 2004, she undertook the monumental work “Fresh Aufhebung”, limiting herself to a uniform scale, 50 x 40 centimeters, and a single color, black. The resulting 170 canvases are a testament to the expressive potential of such limitations. Started and finished in a single day, almost like the practice of keeping a diary, each canvas stands as a minimal yet distinct and self-contained abstract gesture. The entire series is also presented, in sequence, in an accompanying video. As Koether puts it, “I simply believe – for me personally, but also in general – that it is important, if you want painting to continue to thrive, to be truly something productive, positively connotated, which produces something new, you have to constantly practice how to read and perceive pictures.”
Jutta Koether: Fresh Aufhebung
untilJutta Koether’s video “Fresh Aufhebung” (2004) belongs to the larger installation of the same name—consisting of 170 paintings in identical formats—on view as part of the exhibition “Forever Young – 10 Years Museum Brandhorst.” In a separate room, the dense arrangement of paintings is almost overwhelming in terms of variety and intensity. By contrast, the video presents each work individually, one after the other in a calm sequence, allowing viewers to perceive the rhythm of their creation—over the course of a year, but never more than one painting per day.
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