Imaginary Cities: Chapter III Herbert Hamak

Imaginary Cities: Chapter III
Herbert Hamak

From November 25, 2021, to January 15, 2022

Galerie Tanit, Munich, Germany

An exhibition by Herbert Hamak, in collaboration with Dieter Vilinger

Herbert Hamak has developed a special process of binding pigments in synthetic resin and wax. The resulting liquid mass is then being poured into a particular shape. Wood-framed canvasses which serve as carriers are immersed into this mass. The results are mostly monochrome picture objects of incredible beauty and color density, displaying extremely sensitive reactions to changing light effects.

Multi-layered is the best way to describe these bodies of color extending into surrounding space; various shapes of solid strength and weight which at the same time, owing to their transparent surface, appear to be light and immaterial. Hamak is paying attention to his choice of pigments which give his works their unique luminescence and increase their three-dimensional effect. The interplay of shape and color in Hamak’s work suggests a concept of space the limits of which cannot be clearly defined.

The remnants of canvas visible at the edge of these bodies of color have to be taken as a clear hint: Hamak does not think of his works as sculptures but as space-conquering paintings.

DIETER VILINGER

Born in Germany in 1947, artist Dieter Villinger has made a career in making large monochromatic paintings conscious of their physicality and the spatial relationship between them and the environment in which they’re installed. He is considered to be one of the outstanding German representatives of the art movement “Radical Painting”.

He is considered to be one of the outstanding German representatives of the art movement “Radical Painting”. In his work, Villinger examines how paint is applied, which leads to moving, relief-like surfaces. With paintbrushes, brushes, and spatulas, he works on a tough mass of paint. Sometimes he applies so much paint that gravity sets it in motion.

Vertical color gradients arise and break through the horizontal traces of movement. The painting process remains visible on the canvas. Color is both a means of representation and an object of representation.

Imprisoned by the absurd reality we are living in currently, we dream. Between the elusive past and the elusive future we imagine, reinvent, project, and explore the possibilities of utopic cities.

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Herbert Hamak

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Imaginäre Städte: Kapitel III

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Herbert Hamak
Indischgelb
2013
Pigment and binder on canvas
50 cm x 50cm
Edition 1 of 10 + 2 AP
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Dieter Villinger
Kobaltviolett hell
1998
Pigment mit Acryl auf Baumwollgewebe auf Tischlerplatte
122 cm x 122 cm

Dieter Villinger
Kobaltblau hell
1999
Pigment mit Acryl auf Baumwollgewebe auf Tischlerplatte
200 cm x 207 cm

Dieter Villinger
Zinweiss
2017-2018
Pigment mit Acryl auf Baumwollgewebe auf Tischlerplatte
82.5 cm x 83.5 cm

Dieter Villinger
Zinnoberrot
2019-2020
Pigment mit Acryl auf Baumwollgewebe
83 cm x 84 cm

Dieter Villinger
Leuchtgelb Jaune Baryte
2020
Pigment mit Acryl auf Baumwollgewebe
51 cm x 54 cm

Dieter Villinger
Ultramarinrot
2020
Laque Solferino Zinnoberrot
30 cm x 31 cm

Dieter Villinger
Irgazingelb
2020
Pigment mit Acryl auf Leinen
51 cm x 54 cm

Herbert Hamak
Permanentgelb hell
2013
Pigment and binder on canvas
50 cm x 50 cm

Herbert Hamak
Permanent yellow
2009
Pigment and binder on canvas
100 cm x 100 cm x 17.5 cm

Herbert Hamak
Red Pyramid
2013
Pigment and binder on canvas
35 cm x 35 cm x 25 cm

Herbert Hamak
o.T. (H 381 N)
2001
Pigment and binder on canvas
16 cm x 205 cm x 20cm

Herbert Hamak
Imaginary Cities III, Exhibitions
2022

Herbert Hamak
Permanent Red
2004
Pigment and binder on canvas
155 cm x 8 cm x 20 cm

Herbert Hamak
o.T. “Blau”

Pigment and binder on canvas
60 cm x 60 cm x 12cm

Herbert Hamak
Heliogenblue (column)
2013
Pigment and binder metal base
360 cm x 25 cm x 25 cm

Herbert Hamak
Imaginary Cities III, Exhibitions
2022

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Imaginary Cities: Chapter III
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