Page 28 - Rien Vorgers : The Art World of Rien Vorgers

Since the trend of painting with wallpaper

sweepers on canvasses as large as sheets has

become history, Rien Vörgers developed around

1980 his own original style of painting, which he

called “mosaic-style”

(A German critic used in the late 1990’s the term

“consensism” for a similar manner of painting).

Rien Vörgers’ technique up-until now does not
include contours, nor shadows or over-run

tones, nor perspective. Every piece of color lies
against the next one, so that even imaginary

lines emerge.

This technique produces, 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 started the last decade to originate

powerful works with three-dimensional objects

mounted on the painted panel.

 ATmOspheRe 1987 gOuAche 28 x 40 in. /72 x 102 cm.
 winD eneRgy 2007 AcRyLic On cAnVAs 40 x 28 in. /102 x 72 cm.

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