Flächenteilung in Schwarz und Weiß, Hermann Glöckner
Hermann Glöckner
Flächenteilung in Schwarz und Weiß
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Hermann Glöckner

Flächenteilung in Schwarz und Weiß, February 22, 1957

Aus der Folge: 26 kleine Faltungen


Blatt
208 x 296 mm
Faltung
148 x 209 mm
Physical Description
Gouache and folded paper, mounted on prepared paper
Inventory Number
17749Z
Object Number
17749Z Z
Acquisition
Acquired in 2018 as a bequest from Margarethe and Klaus Posselt
Status
Can be presented in the study room of the Graphische Sammlung (special opening hours)

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About the Work

Hermann Glöckner’s art is distinguished by his “passion for geometry”[1]. The folding technique took on key importance in his working process, also in the extensive series ""Surface Division in Black and White"" of 26 abstract collages made of sheets of folded paper. The artist executed them all according to the same principle: he folded and unfolded the sheets multiple times, creating geometric subdivisions of the surface. He painted several of these zones in black, which contrasts with the light-hued paper. Glöckner put a lot of thought into the choice of paper. As he himself explained: “You need a very specific type of paper that can withstand the breaks caused by the folding, and whose folds nevertheless produce sharp lines. The breaks are preserved, and everyone can see how the work was made.”[2]

[1] Hermann Glöckner: Meine Arbeit ist mein Leben, in: John Erpenbeck (Ed.): Hermann Glöckner. Ein Patriarch der

Moderne, Berlin 1983, pp. 37–87, here p. 57. [2] Ibid., p. 83.

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06.11.2024