rot blau
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- red blue
- rot blau
- 1962
- typescript on paper
- 15,6 × 15,7 cm
When, at the moment of looking at the picture, one sees the words “at this moment,” then perception and what is perceived coincide. Tautology is used here to make visible and draw attention to that which is usually overlooked. Here, self-reflexivity results in art that counters the internalization of language and in the ability to reflect on this internalization. This kind of reminding function is also performed by works which situate identity within the process of differentiation: showing “one 1” as both a word and a number means internally breaking down a concept that is commonly equated with the notion of identity. Gappmayr’s works could also be described as visual fixations of language, but which also deal with its ephemeral nature, its semantic dynamism. R.F.