half planes

1996, Acryl auf Leinwand, darunter hˆlzernes St¸tzger¸st, 31,8 x 57,8 cm

Half Planes (1995-1998)

This work phase is based on the 6-D hypercube. As indicated for the “Laserglyphs” (1991), this complex structure has 32 diagonals from which 23040 “diagonal-paths” can be calculated combinatorially. A random selection of two “diagonal-paths” from this alphabet of signs provides the building blocks for each work. In the grey paintings, the “diagonal-paths” are represented by thick white lines. The vector pairs which complete the quadrilaterals are represented by thin black lines. The quadrilaterals are colored in grey to create the shape of the painting. In the drawings, the “diagonal-paths” are represented by thick black lines and the vector pairs are represented by thin black lines. In the metal reliefs, the art-work is composed of 3 bent flat metal strips. The strip representing the contour is painted white, and the 2 strips representing the “diagonal-paths” are painted grey and black respectively.