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*1952 Gmunden/Upper Austria
- Title
- „Ones“
- Time
- 2012/13
- signed
- verso titled, signed and dated: “Ones”, “Hubert Scheibl 2012/13”
- Technique
- oil on canvas
- Measurements
- 94½ × 74¾ in
A picture embodying a space and time of its own, a dense atmospheric background, charged with artistic energy; suspended within this a monumental gesture of color, a polychromatic vibrating trace of an act of creation, emitting great dynamism, but also a majestic sense of peace. The painting from the series “Ones” is purely abstract, yet full of mysterious narrative power, evoking a highly individual, unique world of thoughts and feelings in every observer.
During his two years of work on the present painting, Hubert Scheibl applied layer upon layer, creating the background in various smoky shades of violet. Then, in a single swift gesture, he painted a curved shape shimmering in orange, yellow, and red – one singular moment of creation that gave the work its title.
Born in Gmunden in 1952, Hubert Scheibl studied at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts under Arnulf Rainer and Max Weiler. In the early 1980s, he became one of the protagonists of the “Neue Wilde”, a neo-expressionist group of artists and embraced an abstract style of painting characterized by the materiality of the impastocolored surface. Around 1990, this gave way to a membrane-like, translucent, thin-layer application of paint, which led away from the surface and towards spatiality. Hubert Scheibl’s highly successful career is marked by a lively exhibition activity, both nationally (e. g. the Belvedere and Albertina Museums in Vienna, Salzburg Museum of Modern Art, Lentos Museum Linz) as well as internationally (New York, Miami, Paris, Beijing, etc.).