Karl Mordstein, Field Research, 1983, Etching for sale at Pamono

Description

Karl Ludwig Mordstein (1937 Fssen – 2006 Wilszhofen), Field 1983. color etching, copy 13/65, 22.5 x 28 cm (image), 40 x 45 cm (sheet size), 43 x 48 cm (frame), titled, numbered, monogrammed and dated in lead. Framed behind glass.

– In very good condition

– Field research –

to the artwork

According to the title, we see a transverse rectangular field, which is in a brownish tone. However, the field is not an opaque surface, but an inhomogeneous zone of different color intensities with a multitude of individual fluctuating formations. The field is therefore not a color surface, but an event space within which something takes place that has been captured here in the stage before our eyes. And the surrounding space of the field is the periphery of the event space, whereby with the hatched zone directly under the field and the gray and brown linear surfaces at the lower edge legend-like the ingredients of the field are indicated.

to the artist

Karl Mordstein graduated from the Werkkunstschule Augsburg and initially worked as a commercial artist in Munich before concentrating entirely on his own creations as a freelance artist. In 1970 Mordstein married the sculptor Sinen Thalheimer and the artist couple moved to Starnberg. In 1972 a first solo exhibition of his works took place in Munich, which marked the beginning of a lively international exhibition activity that lasted for decades. from 1987, the couple lived on the Hollerberg in Wilzhofen.

“It is certainly not wrong to recognize in the impression of his calmly floating color drawings the expression of an attitude of mind that owes itself precisely to this conscious turning away from the hectic art market: concentrated serenity. Not changing sensitivities, but empathy with supra-individual rhythms of creation, the perpetual genesis in the natural cycle of becoming and passing away is expressed in it.”

– Stefan Tolksdorf

Selected Bibliography

Karl Mordstein. Watercolors, gouaches 1972 – 1975, Galerie Angst und Orny, Munich 1975.

Juliane Roh: Karl Mordstein. Bilder, Paintings 1976 – 79, Frankfurt a. M. 1979.

Siegfried Salzmann (text): Karl Mordstein. Works on paper, Galerie Dorothea van der Koelen, Mainz 1982.

Galerie Heimeshoff (ed.): Karl Mordstein. “Seelen-Notate”; paintings, works on paper, picture boxes; 1985 – 1988, Essen 1988.

Stefan Tolksdorf (text): Lebenszeichen. Mordstein, Karl and Sinen Thalheimer, Essen 2009.

ENGLISH VERSION

Karl Ludwig Mordstein (1937 Fssen – 2006 Wilszhofen), Field 1983. Color etching, copy 13/65, 22.5 x 28 cm (image), 40 x 45 cm (sheet), 43 x 48 cm (frame), titled, numbered, monogrammed and dated with pencil. Framed behind glass.

– In very good condition.

– Field research –

About the artwork

In accordance with the title, we see a transverse rectangular field that is kept in a brownish tone. However, the field is not an opaque surface, but an inhomogeneous zone of different color intensities with a multitude of individual fluctuating formations. The field is thus not a color surface, but an event space within which something takes place that has been captured here in the stage before our eyes. And the surrounding space of the field is the periphery of the event space, whereby with the hatched zone directly under the field and the gray and brown linear surfaces at the lower edge the ingredients of the field are indicated legend-like.

About the artist

After graduating from the Werkkunstschule in Augsburg, Karl Mordstein worked as a commercial artist in Munich before becoming a freelance artist and concentrating entirely on his own creations. In 1970 Mordstein married the sculptor Sinen Thalheimer and the artist couple moved to Starnberg. In 1972, Mordstein had his first solo exhibition in Munich, which marked the beginning of an active international exhibition career that lasted for decades. from 1987 the couple lived on the Hollerberg in Wilzhofen.

“It is certainly not wrong to recognize in the impression of his calmly floating color drawings the expression of a state of mind that owes itself precisely to this conscious turning away from the hectic art market: concentrated serenity. It is not a changing state of mind, but an empathy with the supra-individual rhythms of creation, the perpetual genesis in the natural cycle of becoming and passing, which is expressed in them.”

– Stefan Tolksdorf

Selected Bibliography

Karl Mordstein. Watercolors, gouaches 1972 – 1975, Galerie Angst und Orny, Munich 1975.

Juliane Roh: Karl Mordstein. Bilder, Paintings 1976 – 79, Frankfurt a. M. 1979.

Siegfried Salzmann (text): Karl Mordstein. Works on paper, Galerie Dorothea van der Koelen, Mainz 1982.

Galerie Heimeshoff (ed.): Karl Mordstein. “Seelen-Notate”; paintings, works on paper, picture boxes; 1985 – 1988, Essen 1988.