ALEXANDER WERTHEIM – FUGUE IN OXIDE
2026-04-06Wertheim’s works feature vertical and horizontal lines that overlap and intersect, forming grid-like and lattice structures. While in previous years he primarily worked with spray paint, he now increasingly applies paint with a brush, introducing a distinctly visible painterly gesture to the works. The simplicity of the forms is disrupted by a deceptive sense of casualness: the contours of the strokes remain blurred, the spacing between the lines is irregular, splatters and smudges of paint are visible, and the character of the brushstroke is clearly pronounced. As a result, what emerges is hardly a grid in the classical sense, one that imposes order or structure upon the canvas. Rather, it appears as a framework generated by the casually and spontaneously applied strokes themselves, holding them together.
Opposite – Installation view
Exhibition runs through to July 25th, 2026
KÖNIG GALERIE
Monbijoustrasse 11
10117 Berlin
Germany
