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Vera Molnar
1924 born in Budapest
lives and works in Paris and in the Normandy
Dispersés par le vent au large, 2002
Acrylic on canvas
four-part work, overall 200 x 200 cm
(c) VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2006/2007 |
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Not only does artist Vera Molnar constantly forge new paths, she is also one of the few to have penetrated the rational
principles of geometrical art in such a way that she can also dispense with them. Setting out with an unshakable belief in systematics in art, for many decades she has used the computer for her artistic explorations into the organization of the image and discovered in the process that the rational laws of geometry and mathematics cannot provide an adequate basis for her art: the beauty of a geometrical composition lies outside of geometry.
In this painting »Dispersés par le vent au large« she has employed chance and a number of homogeneous geometrical shapes to arrive at an unorganized, dynamic structure. The four-part painting shows nine squares in signal red on a white background which, through their twists and overlaps, give the impression of being freely arranged. It is almost as if the individual squares were afloat and gently tumbling out of the picture. And indeed, the loose arrangement of the elements in the picture is based on the observation of square shapes moving in the wind. This chance distribution of the nine squares creates an antithesis to the strict geometry of the individual rectangular shapes and the mathematically determined relationship between the sizes of the red squares (each 50 x 50 cm), the individual canvases (each 100 x 100 cm), and the overall picture surface (200 x 200 cm). The fact that this disorder does not result in chaos but maintains instead a precarious balance with the geometrical arrangement is the decisive feature of this composition, one that informs Vera Molnar’s entire artistic production. |
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