the work of esther stocker
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the work of esther stocker


the term 'alike' may attract our attention, but in fact means nothing at all. (frege)
2004, masking tape on wall, wood boxes, 13, 3 x 5, 6 x 3, 4 m, AR/GE kunst galerie museum bozen

the italian artist esther stocker works with a visually complex repertory of geometric sign and grid systems which
explore the general conditions of perception and, in a broader sense, the effects of digital image technologies.
her work refers deliberately to the constructivists and op art of the 1960’s.


wandarbeit Nr. 8, 2005, acrylic on wall, 380 x 466 cm, wallstreet one, berlin

the artist sometimes extends this space from the structure of the canvas into real, built spaces. 'a paradox
which has interested me for a long time is the contradiction that arrangements of precise geometric shapes
can produce ‘vague’ visual perceptual events...


silo barth, 2006, nitro-cellulose lacquer on iron, 15, 7 x 21, 5 m, brixen/bressanone

this can be caused by minimal interventions or changes within a regular structure, as for instance by omitting a
square, introducing gradations or a slight shift of some of the forms.' read more via galerie im taxis palais


by a formal point of view a wall exists only as surface, as delimitation of body and space and a wall doesn´t know
anything about the other one. (feldtkeller) 2006, black dispersion and white masking tape on wall and floor,
7, 05 m x 6, 20 m x 4, 15 m ca., galleria contemporaneo, mestren

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