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Ingo Meller 13
November - 13 December, 2003
There is a beautiful simplicity about Ingo Meller's work. They are pared down paintings with a direct appeal to the senses, which omit everything for which the artist has no use. "I paint oils on canvas, using a brush... It looks artless, spare and thrifty." (Ingo Meller). The paintings are created by the artist using a number of self-imposed rules, about which he is quite explicit. The canvases are bare, irregularly shaped, always unframed and attached directly to the wall, into which they extend, encompassing the architectural space. The pigments are ready-made, applied direct from the tube and precise descriptions of these colours, Brilliant Yellow, Extra Pale, Williamsburg etc form the titles of the painting. They are factual descriptions, which sound poetic.
The exhibition coincides with the publication of a fully illustrated book Ingo Meller: Brot und Butter/Bread and Butter with essays by the artist and by Jens Peter Koerver and Adrian Koerfer. Published by Verlag für moderne Kunst Nürnberg, the book is available from the Andrew Mummery Gallery for £15 (plus p&p) An
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