Sale: 433 / Post War I, June 11. 2016 in Munich Lot 930

 

930
Heinz Mack
Lichtrelief, 1968.
Object
Estimate:
€ 50,000 / $ 54,000
Sold:
€ 85,000 / $ 91,800

(incl. surcharge)
Lichtrelief. 1968.
Object. Aluminum relief on wood. In object box.
Signed and dated upper right. Verso signed, dated, titled andf with an arrow indicating the direction. 50 x 63 cm (19.6 x 24.8 in). Object box: 67 x 80 cm (26,3 x 31,4 in).

With a photo certificate issued byProf. Heinz Mack, Mönchengladbach, in December 2015. The work is registered in the archive's addenda to the catalog raisonné Honisch with the number N726A.

Heinz Mack makes light the central means of creation in his art. It is connected with positive energy, it stands for hope and progressive thinking. It was the medium of a post-war generation that had to regain orientation and that strove to create a positive new world. It was Zero's approach to make art accessible for everyone and to be an enrichment of life after the dark days of the war - and light was the essential means. For this artistic inention the material aluminum seemed to fit for Heinz Mack, it is flexible and has a perfect surface that allows different light reflections. The artist created a plastic image in geometric forms, developing channels to conduct the light and to make it artistically perceptible. The relief's archtitectural strictness makes for a nice contrast to the dancing reflections' easiness caused by light incidence. The artwork unfolds an immanent dynamic that interacts with the observer and the surroundings. [SM]



930
Heinz Mack
Lichtrelief, 1968.
Object
Estimate:
€ 50,000 / $ 54,000
Sold:
€ 85,000 / $ 91,800

(incl. surcharge)