Anton Stankowski
1 + 1 = 3, 1969
Acrylic on canvas
55 x 41 cm
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Paintings
from the 1950s to the 1990s
Stankowski‘s visual works are categorized as concrete art, but they
go far beyond that. Even though he does start with pure form, such as
the rectangle, circle, and square, he never uses them in a dogmatic manner.
Rather, he is more interested in a principle of order, which visualizes
tasks. He plays with perspective and dynamics, with color and series.
In doing so, he never employs any element in random way, but instead,
unites the surfaces and gives rhythm to forms. For Stankowski, painting
was an essential source of inspiration. It became increasingly important
to his work. Division, rotation, time: content, which he translated into
painting, adding it to other, related works. Stankowski was interested
in a simplified depiction of complex themes. In the 1950s, he was still
experimenting a great deal with symmetry and asymmetry. In the early 1960s,
the oblique line was introduced as a new element in constructive art.
In the 1970s, he was increasingly concerned with an exploration of color,
and in the 1980s, he abandoned the panel painting and began using free
forms. Still, the form was and still is the means to an end, “to
simplify, to factualize, and to humanize — the latter is the most
difficult,” said Anton
Stankowski.
Paintings from the 1950s to the 1990s
Curator: Ursula Zeller
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Anton Stankowski
Warm-Cold
1988, 180 x 180 cm
Acrylic on canvas
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Anton Stankowski
Peak VIII
1964
Collage with rolled paper |
Anton Stankowski
Searching
1983, 130 x 90 cm,
Acrylic on canvas
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Anton Stankowski
Construct
Yellow
1958, 90 x 90 cm,
Acrylic on canvas
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