Mario Reis: Retrospektive 50 -2- -25

Language: English

Published by Galerie Dorothea Van Der Koelen, Mainz Germany, 2004

3926663324 / 9783926663320

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96 Pp. White Card Covers, Large Format, Softcover, With Printed Dust Jacket. First Edition. Scarce. Per Wikipedia, Mario Franz Maria Reis (1953- Is An International Working Visual Artist. His Work Groups Are: Natural Watercolors , Blind Drawings , Train Tracks And Salt Works . For The Natural Watercolor Group Of Works, Reis Developed A Concept Of Using Water As A Painting Medium By Letting The Flowing Water Guide The Brush.Reis Installs A Stretcher Framecovered With Cotton Cloth In Specially Selected Rivers So That Theirsedimentsare Deposited On The Cloth, Structuring And Coloring It. After A Period Of Time Determined By Reis, The Frame Is Lifted Out Of The Water And The Surface Is Dried, Braced And Sealed. For His Blind Drawings , Reis Blindfolded Himself And Drew With Two Pens And Both Hands. Expanding On This Technique, Reis Then Attached 5 Or 10 Pencils To His Fingers, Working Sometimes With His Right Hand, Sometimes With His Left, Sometimes With Both Hands. Mario Reis Lets Train Wheels Roll Over Metal Surfaces, Causing Abrasions, Breaks And Deformations. He Sees The Resulting Works From The Train Tracks As Wellprint Graphics. The Small-Format, Abstract Works Made Of Salt Have A Crystalline Surface And A Block-Like Format.…

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Title
Mario Reis: Retrospektive 50 -2- -25
Author
Mario Reis; Uwe Ruth
Publisher
Galerie Dorothea Van Der Koelen, Mainz Germany
Publication year
2004
Condition
Fine
Dust jacket
Fine
Binding
Soft cover
Language
English
ISBN 10
3926663324
ISBN 13
9783926663320
Edition
1st Edition
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