A combination of planning and improvisation, control and lack of control, this painting is typical of Amm’s work. With its intimations of the sublime and reference to the works of Ad Reinhardt and Mark Rothko this painting extends the Romantic and modernist traditions in a perceptive way. These are subtle, slow, delicate paintings that evolve over a period of time—the product of long periods of contemplation.
Markus Amm studied graphic design at the Hochschule für Gestaltung in Offenbach, Germany...
A combination of planning and improvisation, control and lack of control, this painting is typical of Amm’s work...