Untitled (six houses)

Albert Mertz

Untitled (six houses), 198475 x 30cmSign in to view price
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Gouache on paper, framedCroy Nielsen
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This artwork features a bold, abstract composition of geometric shapes and vibrant colors. The dominant shapes are a series of red and blue angular houses or structures, arranged in a vertical column against a white background. The use of primary colors and angular, geometric forms suggests a minimalist, modernist aesthetic. The overall composition is visually striking, with a sense of rhythm and balance created through the repetition of the houses and the interplay of the red and blue hues. The artist's intention may have been to explore themes of urban architecture, housing, or the relationship between form and color in a reductive, abstract manner. ...

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Albert Mertz
Artist
Albert Mertz
B.1920, Danish

Albert Mertz was a Danish Constructivist and a leading artist in the Linien II artists association, a group of Danish artists, active in the 1930s and 1940s, that worked in symbolist and abstract styles. Mertz is best known for his systematic experiments with the colours red and blue, that he termed ‘red/​blue proposition’ and began producing in 1968. Reaching its final form as a rectangle in 1971, the proposition was made up of multiple media formats and scale, found or reused materials, or painted directly onto exhibition walls. In his studies, Metrz navigated abstract purity while approaching it with humour and play by introducing figurative elements, such as a profile of a face, a house, or a chair. Challenging the painting by producing paintings, Metrz tested the essence of the medium as a means of representation, stripping off everything but colour and shape. By disrespecting the tradition of painting Metrz produced experimentations that are as bold conceptually as the two colours from which they are made. Written by Goldsmiths CCA ...

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Gauloises papers, 1976
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Grønne damer røde prikker (Green Ladies, Red dots), 1979
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Untitled (NOSE MEN)
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Untitled (NOSE MEN), 1987
33 x 23cm
Untitled (R/B on board)
Albert Mertz
Untitled (R/B on board), 1970
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Untitled (six houses)
Albert Mertz
Untitled (six houses), 1984
75 x 30cm
Untitled
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Croy Nielsen
Gallery
Croy Nielsen
Vienna

In 2016 Croy Nielsen moved from Berlin to Vienna, where it is located in the beletage apartment of a historical building in the 1st district. The gallery was founded by Oliver Croy (AT) and Henrikke Nielsen (DK). Artists such as Nina Beier, Marie Lund, and Benoît Maire, have been part of the program since its inception, and were later joined by Olga Balema, Georgia Gardner Gray, and Sandra Mujinga. Vienna-based artists include Ernst Yohji Jaeger, Joanna Woś, and Soshiro Matsubara. The gallery has strong ties to the Nordic region, representing several artists from the Scandinavian contries and regularly participating in fairs and projects in the area. ...

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