Alan Charlton
11 Nov 2011 - 14 Jan 2012
© Alan Charlton
Pyramid Grid Paintings, 2011
each 9 parts, acrylic on canvas
each 54 x 72 cm, total 171 x 378 cm
Pyramid Grid Paintings, 2011
each 9 parts, acrylic on canvas
each 54 x 72 cm, total 171 x 378 cm
ALAN CHARLTON
Grid Paintings
11 November, 2011 - 14 January, 2011
Konrad Fischer Galerie gladly announces the opening of a solo exhibition including new works by the British artist Alan Charlton.
Since his first solo show at Konrad Fischer Galerie in 1972, the artist continues working with grey acrylic on canvas. The single canvases are always monochrome and of different shades of grey. The standard thickness of his paintings measures 4.5 cm which in turn determines the length and width of his canvases as a painting ́s dimensions are always dividable by the factor 4.5.
Exploring the conceptual basis of painting in general, Charlton introduces a wide variety of formal possibilities. In groups of works like his Slot-, Hole-, Line, Channel-, Outline- or most recently his Grid-Paintings Charlton has developed different solutions to relate his paintings to the walls and the exhibition space as a whole. Seriallity and order are balanced by uniqueness and spontaneous invention as his works only come to life when installed in a specific space with which they interact. The seemingly quiet works develop an unexpected rhythm as the viewer explores them from different perspectives without being offered an ideal place at which to stand and look. From an historical point of view Alan Chalton ́s work holds a unique position between Minimal art and Conceptual Art but finally the beholder cannot ignore the striking presence of the paintings themselves.
Grid Paintings
11 November, 2011 - 14 January, 2011
Konrad Fischer Galerie gladly announces the opening of a solo exhibition including new works by the British artist Alan Charlton.
Since his first solo show at Konrad Fischer Galerie in 1972, the artist continues working with grey acrylic on canvas. The single canvases are always monochrome and of different shades of grey. The standard thickness of his paintings measures 4.5 cm which in turn determines the length and width of his canvases as a painting ́s dimensions are always dividable by the factor 4.5.
Exploring the conceptual basis of painting in general, Charlton introduces a wide variety of formal possibilities. In groups of works like his Slot-, Hole-, Line, Channel-, Outline- or most recently his Grid-Paintings Charlton has developed different solutions to relate his paintings to the walls and the exhibition space as a whole. Seriallity and order are balanced by uniqueness and spontaneous invention as his works only come to life when installed in a specific space with which they interact. The seemingly quiet works develop an unexpected rhythm as the viewer explores them from different perspectives without being offered an ideal place at which to stand and look. From an historical point of view Alan Chalton ́s work holds a unique position between Minimal art and Conceptual Art but finally the beholder cannot ignore the striking presence of the paintings themselves.