"Untitled" (diptych), 2001

In the oeuvre of Günther Förg, lead is both an important material and a fundamental symbol. The unique texture of lead, which is heavy, naturally toxic, yet soft and malleable, offers an incomparable surface on which the infinite possibilities of the medium of painting are revealed.

Förg was particularly fascinated by the material properties of lead and its ability to react with organic chemical substances: “I really like the properties of lead - the surface, the heaviness. Some of my paintings have been completely painted and you can only see the lead on the edges, this gives the painting a very heavy feel - it gives the color a different density and a different weight."

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