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rien VÖrgerS

 hERALDRY, 1992, gOUACHE 40X27 IN. /100X70 CM.
Since the trend of painting with wallpaper sweepers on canvasses  SPRING, 1995 ACRYLIC ON CANvAS 28X32 IN. /72X82 CM. »
as large as sheets has become history, Rien vörgers developed  SuMMER, 1995 ACRYLIC ON CANvAS 28X32 IN. /72X82 CM. »
 AutuMN, 1995 ACRYLIC ON CANvAS 28X32 IN. /72X82 CM. »
around 1980 his own original style of painting, which he called
 wINtER, 1995 ACRYLIC ON CANvAS 28X32 IN. /72X82 CM. »
“mosaic-style” (A german critic used in the late 1990’s the term
“consensism” for a similar manner of painting). Rien vörgers’
technique - as practiced up till now - does not include contours,
nor shadows or over-run tones, neither perspective. Every piece of
color lies against the next one, so that yet imaginary lines emerge.
This technique initiates, together with the effect of the richly
connected register of colors, a remarkable visual power. Apart from
the early gouaches, Rien works mostly with acrylic material and

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