Article: Rune Mields at Galerie Jollenbeck.(Cologne)

For over 30 years, German painter and autodidact Rune Mields has sought to represent objectively the internal logic and cultural sources of mathematical and narrative systems. Unwavering in her adherence to an anti-esthetic developed in the early 1970s, Mields confines each work to strict parameters. She paints only in unmixed black and white, patiently produces shades of gray with multiple translucent layers, and limits imagery to abstract symbols and schematic, photo-derived forms. For her painting cycles, it takes years to research such disparate subjects as creation myths from around the world and the sign system used by American hoboes.

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