2020-2021

In this exhibition Heimo Zobernig shows sculptures and paintings. The last ones were created using interference paint.

Since 2014 Zobernig has been addressing monochromy using these special-effect paints, which create particular impressions that alter according to the viewer’s standpoint due to the superimposition of light waves on thin, highly refractive layers.

After a series of paintings with a black ground that created the most striking impact with these paints, the current works are painted on white. The paint was applied with a palette knife. The monochrome white surfaces create a subtle iridescent chromatic impression contingent on the angle of viewing and the lighting. “In recent years I have contradicted the theme of the idealization of monochromy in painting with a series of works that show the difficulties of producing large homogeneous surfaces. In particular, the resistances encountered when handling special-effect paints suit me very well in this context.” -Heimo Zobernig.