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Lothar Götz: Double-take

Goetz, Lothar Lothar Götz: Double-take. 19 Jul - 18 Aug 2013, MAC Belfast / Sunken Gallery.

Item Type: Show/Exhibition

Abstract

In his work Double-take, specifically created for the Sunken Gallery at the MAC, Götz has made a mural that uses the whole surface of three gallery walls – in what he describes as a “3-D painting” – with fissured, radiating shapes working off a central horizon-type line. When approached from the upper level, this provides a sense of distance; an opening-out of perspectives for the viewer, which then contrasts with the view as they descend, dipping below this horizon, becoming almost submerged in a space that the artist has described as being akin to an empty swimming pool. In this approach, the artist treats the gallery almost like a theatrical space, a stage whereupon an initial passive viewer quickly steps into the role of an active player within the work.

Whilst Götz’s practice ranges in scale, there is a clear coherence and dialogue across his body of work, through its continual referencing and engagement with ideas about architecture and space and its characteristic use of abstract geometric forms.

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Depositing User: Lothar Goetz

Identifiers

Item ID: 4464
URI: http://sure.sunderland.ac.uk/id/eprint/4464
Official URL: http://themaclive.com/whats-on/double-take/

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Catalogue record

Date Deposited: 12 Nov 2013 13:28
Last Modified: 18 Dec 2019 15:36

Contributors

Author: Lothar Goetz

University Divisions

Faculty of Arts and Creative Industries
Faculty of Arts and Creative Industries > School of Art and Design

Subjects

Fine Art > Painting

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