ulrich rückriem - ikarus
vera • March 4th, 2008
The german sculptor Ulrich Rückriem, well known for geometrically divided and rearranged blocks of stone, now shows a series of conceptual drawings in a small exhibit at Museum Ludwig in Cologne. The black and white wall drawing and prints are based on a grid of 7×7=49 crosspoints.
7 points are selected and connected by straight lines which touch each point only one time and then get back to their origin. This produces a variety of acute-angled geometrical drawings.
The aesthetic system is based on what is known as a standoff situation in checkers game: Eight pieces stand on positions on the game board from where none of them can beat one another, neither on horizontal or vertical lines nor on diagonals.
image credit: Ulrich Rückriem, Ikarus, 2007 Copyright Ulrich Rückriem
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