When Carl Andre opened the exhibition space of Konrad Fischer in 1967 with Altstadt Rectangle, a floor piece consisting of 100 identical steel plates, it marked the start of a now more than 50-year-long intensive cooperation. It was the first European solo show by the American artist whose oeuvre radically changed the concept of sculpture.
Konrad Fischer Galerie is pleased to open the exhibition Carl Andre - Square Void Works on March 15. The Square Void Works address both the basic form of the rectangle and the void in its midst. The basic modules of the new body of works are steel plates measuring 40 x 40 cm each. Carl Andre has repeatedly engaged with the void in his art, a highly impressive example being the piece for the Synagogue Stommeln, The Void enclosed by the Squares of three, four and five, 1997. According to the theorem of Pythagoras, he used three differently sized squares to create a right triangle as a void in the middle.
We additionally present the Second Range Works, a group comprising eight works, each consisting of 60 equilateral brick triangles.
