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Oto Rimele

Lives and works in Maribor, Slovenia
http://www.otorimele.com

Kinetic Minimalism of the Light

“Rimele went even further; in his installations, he studied the

laws of color reflections and shadows with care and thus created
magical new worlds in which materiality intertwines with their
colored shadowed dematerialization.” Dr. Jure Mikuž

(in the book Oto Rimele. Spirituality of Material Absence, p. 28)

In the past tradition of painting, only the frontal In the paintings of past periods, light is depicted only

parts of paintings were always the carriers of indirectly – as an “illuminator” of the materiality of the
the content. I broke this millennial tradition and pictorial motif. For me, light itself is the central motif of
focused my attention on applying colour onto the painting exploration. In my luminous painting objects,
edges and the back of the painting. These parts however, I do not depict light, but create it. It is an
of my painting compositions are hidden from the actual, present light that communicates with the viewer

viewer’s eye and are visible only indirectly – as as a living, moving part of the artistic message.
reflections of the paint reflecting onto the wall
area, addressing the viewer with their immaterial In the series of fourteen images entitled Light and

presence. This creates coloured light and coloured Ladder created in 2021, I add one or more ladders to the
shadows, which change in the intensity of the full-wood painting objects, which have been woven from
coloured radiation in daylight. a single piece of wire. The ladder is for the viewer’s
mind and the light is for the viewer’s soul. The first
A single painting composition, however, does rises, the second glows.

not show just one static image, but addresses Our individual actions and thoughts are always also
the viewer with a multitude of images generated committed to the universality of the Universe. And the
by the changing daylight throughout the day. Universe, despite its apparent immobility, is possible,
TOP CONTEMPOR ARY ARTISTS pictorial images personally and as a complete of individuals. Each one of us contributes in some way.
alive and active because of the uniqueness of the minds
The attentive observer experiences such kinetic

And that is what counts. (Oto Rimele 2022)
mental (spiritual) experience.

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