Roman Opalka — Octagon

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Roman Opalka is one of the most radical and famous conceptual artists to date. In his life long project entitled Opalka 1965/1-à¢Ë†Š¾ he paints consecutive numbers in white colour on canvases of consistently equal dimensions (195 x 135 cm), since 1965. At this time Opalka has reached the number 5 590 000. On the occasion of Opalka's 80th birthday ZAK | BRANICKA presents eight of his photographic self-portraits. This is the first exhibition of his work in Berlin in seventeen years. Opalka operates on the principles of progression and the visual and pictorial representation of time. “The foundation of my work, to which I have devoted my life, manifests itself in a process of recording a progression that both documents time, and also defines it, states the artist.