Adrian Schiess’ »Flat Works,« which he has recently started calling »Painting« instead, have become a frequently misinterpreted trademark of the artist, automatically ascribed to monochromatic painting or Concrete Art. But they are in fact fragments of the project »Painting,« which always ­occupies itself »with images, internal and external, figures, representation, space, time, location, place, states of being, surfaces, appearances, brilliance, realities.« (Adrian Schiess) He develops his paintings on wood, paper and aluminum, in videos and photographs, in every picture medium and technique, and then distributes them on the ground, for example, or
on the wall. This book documents a snapshot of a work in progress that continually seeks to plumb the possibilities of painting beyond representation.

Authors: Claire Schneider, Rebecca Uchill
Artists: Adrian Schiess

Softcover
21 x 28 cm
112 pages
50 color ills.

English
available
ISBN 978-3-939583-59-2
28 Euro
2007