saulbass

roman opalka
1931-
- born in 1931 in Hocquincourt, France
- a famous french painter of polish origin
- graduated beaux-arts de varsovie
- began painting a process of counting - from one to infinity in 1965

 

 

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detail (1965/1-oo)
- size: 196 x 135 cm - the dimension of is studio door in warsaw with a 0-size brush
- title: 1965/1-oo
- 1965 painted white numbers onto a black background
- 1968 grey background
- 1972 gradually lighten grey background by adding 1 per cent more white to the ground with each passing detail
- links: {sound}

 
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quote
"All my work is a single thing, the description from number one to infinity. A single thing, a single life."
"My objective is to get up to the white on white and still be alive."

   
 
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