Currently, the Geiger archive shows the presentation "Metaphor Number".
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Metapher Zahlen I
Metapher Zahlen II
Since the mid-1970s, Rupprecht Geiger has been intensively occupied with the work complex "Metaphor Number". In painting, as well as in drawing and printmaking, a series of works emerge that stand out thematically in Rupprecht Geiger's oeuvre.
By means of different techniques and in various shades of color, Geiger interprets in each case the numbers from 0 to 9, which he draws from his typical canon of forms of rectangles, circles and squares.
The word "number" immediately brings to mind a fixed value that is ubiquitous in everyday life. But as the prefixed word "metaphor" suggests, it is a pictorial transference, an artistic interpretation of a number. The experience of color remains a central point in this series of works: the contrast of the luminous colors, typical of Geiger, really brings the numbers to bear and invites us to look again and again.
Pinc modulated (WV 958), 2009; acrylic/wood, 55 x 60 x 3 cm; Photo: Andreas Pauly, Munich; © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022
Munich Red I (WVG 226) , 2005; serigraph with original pigments/BFK Rives, 300 g; 80 x 88 cm ; 97 numbered, dated and signed copies; Walter Storms Galerie, Munich; printed by Ekkeland Götze, Munich; photo by Florian Seidel, Munich; © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022
Munich Red II (WVG 227), 2005; serigraph with original pigments/BFK Rives, 300 g; 80 x 88 cm ; 97 numbered, dated and signed copies; Walter Storms Galerie, Munich; printed by Ekkeland Götze, Munich; photo by Florian Seidel, Munich; © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022
A selection of the exhibited models 766/89 (Metaphor numbers 0-9) (WV 739), 1984; acrylic/wood; each approx. 25 x 28 x 5.5 cm.
Shown here: 766/89 (Metapherzhal 2), 766/89 (Metapherzhal 6) and 766/89 (Metapherzhal 9); Photo: Nikolaus Steglich, Starnberg; © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022.
Color Space Unisono, 1975; Model; Photo: Andreas Pauly, Munich; © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022
Untitled, c. 1968; silkscreen/plexiglass; 46 x 40.2 x 10.5 cm; spatial object with front (red-blue) and rear (blue-yellow) views; Photo: Andreas Pauly, Munich; © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022
Model for the idea "Farbe tanken", o.J.; acrylic/wood; 52 x 50 x 51 cm, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022
Portfolio Rupprecht Geiger - Metaphor Zahl (WVG 175), 1985-1989; 10 serigraphs by Rupprecht Geiger ; serigraphs/Velin de Creysse, 250 g with deckle edge; each 80.5 x 107 cm ; Edition Hoffmann, Friedberg ; Printed by: Heidi Hoffmann, Hans-Jürgen and Kyrill Slusallek, Friedberg; © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022
766h/84 (Metaphor Number 7) (WV 747), 1984; acrylic/wood; 110 x 120 x 24 cm; Photo: Archiv Geiger, Munich; Photo: Marian Wilheim, Munich; © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022
WVG 125/10; from the portfolio Geiger - Modulation, 1969; serigraphy/cardboard, 280 g; 48 x 32 cm; various editions; edition number: PA 2/5; edition x of the publishing house Gernot v. Pape, Munich, edited by Fred Jahn, Munich; printed by Laube, Munich; photo: Florian Seidel, Munich; © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022
Money box - luminous yellow, 1994; lacquer paint/handmade stainless steel objects, 37 x 41.5 x 15 cm; 100 numbered, signed copies; EDITION S, artline DESIGN, published by DSVKUNSTKONTOR im Deutschen Sparkassenverlag,Stuttgart; photo: Andreas Pauly, Munich; © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022
Money box - luminous bright red, 1994; Lacquer paint/handmade stainless steel objects, 37 x 41.5 x 15 cm; 100 numbered, signed copies; EDITION S, artline DESIGN, published by DSVKUNSTKONTOR at Deutscher Sparkassenverlag, Stuttgart; Photo: Andreas Pauly, Munich; © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022
WVG 224; Berlin Red II, 2005; serigraph with original pigments/BFK Rives, 300 g with deckle edge 75 x 81 cm 97 num., sig. Ex.; Walter Storms Galerie, Munich Print: Ekkeland Götze, Munich; Photo: Florian Seidel, Munich; © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022
WVG 234; Yellow to Orange, 2008; Five-color serigraph/somerset laid paper, 300 g with deckle edge; 70 x 100 cm, 50 + X num., sig. Ex.; Print: Hans-Peter Haas, Echterdingen near Stuttgart; Photo: Andreas Pauly, Munich; © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022
WVG 235; Red active, 2008; Six-color serigraphy/somerset laid paper, 300g with deckle edge; 70 x 100 cm, 50 + X num., sig. Ex.; HPH Edition, Echterdingen near Stuttgart; Printed by: Hans-Peter Haas, Echterdingen near Stuttgart; As a gift to the artist on the occasion of the exhibition for the 100th in the gallery; Silkscreen Hans-Peter Haas, Leinfelden-Echterdingen 2008; Photo: Andreas Pauly, Munich; © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022
