Virtuelles Bild (Spiegelobjekt), Adolf Luther
Adolf Luther
Virtuelles Bild (Spiegelobjekt)
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Adolf Luther

Virtuelles Bild (Spiegelobjekt), 1966 – 1967


Dimensions
80.0 x 80.0 x 9.0 cm
Physical Description
85 concave mirrors
Acquisition
On permanent loan from the Adolf-Luther-Stiftung since 2013
Status
On display, lower level, Contemporary Art, room 21

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About the Work

In 1966 the autodidact Adolf Luther put aside canvas, paint and paintbrush and made use of his actual surroundings and spherical concave mirrors as the material and technique for his artistic praxis. He worked initially with single concave mirror objects. These refract the light, reflect it and thus show to impressive advantage the interplay of transparent space and the immaterial energy of light. From 1970 onwards Luther transferred the atmospheric effect of the concave mirror into the real space in his serially arranged and multi-perspectivally focused integrations. For the artist, whose vocation came late and who was loosely associated with the Düsseldorf ZERO group, architecture was part of a world that was in constant movement. In his objects and installations, it is expanded by the kinetic potential of light.

Work Data

Basic Information

Title
Virtuelles Bild (Spiegelobjekt) (Original Title)
Title Translation
Virtual Image (Mirror Object)
Artist
Period Produced
School
Object Type
Physical Description
85 concave mirrors
Material
Technique

Property and Acquisition

Institution
Administration
Collection
Creditline
Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, Dauerleihgabe der Adolf-Luther-Stiftung
Picture Copyright
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2023
Acquisition
On permanent loan from the Adolf-Luther-Stiftung since 2013

Work Content

Motifs and References

Iconclass

Primary
  • 5 Abstract Ideas and Concepts
  • 0 Abstract, Non-representational Art
  • 31A511 mirror
  • 51I Space
Secondary
  • 49D36 circle (~ planimetry, geometry)
  • 22C5 reflection (light in general)

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Last update

15.05.2023