Geometric-abstract work. A rectangle divided into colored fields: light blue, pink, red, dark blue, yellow and white. The size of the fields and their arrangement is irregular.

Z.T. 7

Imi Knoebel

  • Year 1987
  • Material/Technique Acrylic on hardboard
  • Dimensions 252 x 192 cm
  • Category Painting, Sculpture
  • Collection Sammlung Goetz, München

Hardboard is one of the main materials Imi Knoebel uses in his work. From the very beginning of his studies at the art academy in Düsseldorf, the artist was inspired by the qualities of hardboard, especially its warm color, its physical properties, and last but not least its low price. Evidence of this can be seen in Knoebel’s earliest works, such as the legendary Raum 19 from 1968. During the 1980s, Knoebel also frequently used hardboard, both for his expressive, painterly works like o.T. (Hartfaserbild 85-08)  as well as for the works that display a rational, geometric style, such as Z.T. 7, which consist of colored hardboard panels assembled in combinatorial series. Additive layering, sequencing, and the serial production of images have always been important design principles in Imi Knoebel’s work.

Imi Knoebel

144 pages, 110 ill., softcover
German/English
2023, Hirmer Verlag GmbH, Munich
ISBN: 978-3-7774-4158-0
€ 33,00

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