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3439* CHRISTIANMEGERT(Bern 1936 - lives and works in Düsseldorf)
Untitled. 1960/76.
Object with mirror fragments, mounted in
a frame.
Signed and dated on the reverse: Megert
1960/76.
42.5 x 42.5 cm.
Born in 1936 in Bern, the Swiss artist
Christian Megert began his artistic career
with monochrome paintings and sculp-
tures. In the early 1960s, mirrors and
glass were his preferred materials. In his
manifesto „Neuer Raum“ in 1961, Megert
demanded that we consider space anew
with the help of art. With this idea in mind,
he broke or over-painted mirrors and reas-
sembled them, so that a new space would
be created, arriving at an interlocking of
painting and space.
The present work, after a design from
1960, is an outstanding example of his
work and shows how close it was to that
of the German group ZERO. He took part
in some ZERO exhibitions in Europe and
organised a ZERO exhibition himself in
Switzerland.
CHF 14 000 / 18 000
(€ 12 960 / 16 670)