Inside Burger Collection 35: Gregor Hildebrandt: A House Made of Songs
By Barry Schwabsky
GREGOR HILDEBRANDT, Im Zimmer die Decke betrachtend, 2018, inkjet print, inlays, and plastic boxes in wooden case, 170 × 125 cm. Photo by Roman Marz. Courtesy the artist and Wentrup, Berlin. Burger Collection, Hong Kong.
In painting but also in sculpture, visibility and invisibility, outwardness and concealment, go hand in hand. A painter puts some color on a canvas: the canvas is covered over. A gallerist or collector mounts the painting on a wall: that part of the wall is lost to view. Let the painting hang there for a long time and then move it to another location: the formerly covered spot will look different from its surroundings, its own paint a bit fresher, more robust.
