the-solo-project Basel : Rudlof de Crignis + Beat Zoderer

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Bartha Contemporary is delighted to announce the participation at the-solo-project Art-fair in Basel, the leading European contemporary solo and two-person exhibition fair, which takes place during the Basel Art week in June. The gallery presentation at the 2011 instalment will feature a selection of seminal works by Swiss artists Rudolf de Crignis and Beat Zoderer. De Crignis's process begins with a carefully prepared canvas, onto which the artist applied layer upon layer of paint, using a variety of brushes, alternating the brushstroke direction for each layer from horizontal to vertical, either by changing the direction of the brushstroke or by physically turning the canvas. Often changing colour from layer to layer, de Crignis built up dense colour-spaces, which at first appear monochrome. These seemingly infinite colour-spaces are concerned with light, space and colour. The work, the light, and finally the viewer's perception come together to form the total experience of these works. As de Crignis wrote, Experience makes them."