Series B Relief, 1967 - 2011

Hong Kong 2017
Series B Relief

Mehdi Chouakri

Sculpture
Aluminium, convexly angled with a short and long side, sprayed standard RAL matte red
Authorised reconstruction certified by the estate
100.0 x 50.0 x 14.0 （厘米）
39.4 x 19.7 x 5.5 （吋）
Charlotte Posenenske’s work is steeped into the legacy of modern art. She gets an interest in landscape through Cézanne’s paintings, as she develops her sense of composition, spatialisation and standardisation with the Soviet and Dutch avant-gardes. This brought her to develop from the mid 1960s a new body of works, including her reliefs. The Series B Reliefs consist in modular sculptures declined in a palette of elementary forms and primary colors, conceived to build a dialogue with the surrounding architecture: concave and convex shapes are available in blue, red, yellow and black. The consumer, as referred to by the artist, is free to hang them autonomously, without any given instructions. The works can be presented indoors as outdoors, vertical or horizontal, on the wall as on the floor. Recently rediscovered, Posenenske (1930 – 1985) was active in Germany during  the 1950s and 60s. Considered as a key figure between Minimal and Conceptual Art, she has been influencing younger generations with her concept of modularity.