Former Yugoslavia, Croatia. 1921 - 2004
Painting
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1924 Ostjek, Croatia - 2004 Paris, France. Known for: Anti-painting, reduction of form and color, conceptualism.
Artist Statement: Julije Knifer. In 1959 I was obsessed with the idea of creating anti-painting. By a certain method of reducing forms and colours I achieved extreme forms of simplicity. The form of... Read full biography
Artist Statement: Julije Knifer. In 1959 I was obsessed with the idea of creating anti-painting. By a certain method of reducing forms and colours I achieved extreme forms of simplicity. The form of the painting was built in extremely contrasting colours - white and black. The initial stage of my... Read full biography
Artist Statement: Julije Knifer. In 1959 I was obsessed with the idea of creating anti-painting. By a certain method of reducing forms and colours I achieved extreme forms of simplicity. The form of the painting was built in extremely contrasting colours - white and black. The initial stage of my work on canvas consisted of covering the canvas in white. This was already a spiritual part, or spiritual conception of painting. By adding black, white assumed form, or served for black to assume its... Read full biography
Artist Statement: Julije Knifer. In 1959 I was obsessed with the idea of creating anti-painting. By a certain method of reducing forms and colours I achieved extreme forms of simplicity. The form of the painting was built in extremely contrasting colours - white and black. The initial stage of my work on canvas consisted of covering the canvas in white. This was already a spiritual part, or spiritual conception of painting. By adding black, white assumed form, or served for black to assume its form. And colours served solely to form the shape of the painting. In 1960 the first meander-painting was created by Julije Knifer, and with it he discovered the ideal form of expression for his ‘anti-painting’. By using monotone rhythms and the... Read full biography
Artist Statement: Julije Knifer. In 1959 I was obsessed with the idea of creating anti-painting. By a certain method of reducing forms and colours I achieved extreme forms of simplicity. The form of the painting was built in extremely contrasting colours - white and black. The initial stage of my work on canvas consisted of covering the canvas in white. This was already a spiritual part, or spiritual conception of painting. By adding black, white assumed form, or served for black to assume its form. And colours served solely to form the shape of the painting. In 1960 the first meander-painting was created by Julije Knifer, and with it he discovered the ideal form of expression for his ‘anti-painting’. By using monotone rhythms and the intense contrasts of black and white, he resisted the criteria of the modernity. Knifer used this consciously chosen fo... Read full biography
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