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Peter Roehr Untitled (FO-48) Photo-Montage: paper with PVC coating on plastic 169 x 164 cm. Catalogue of the Estate no. FO-48 (label verso) With written confirmation from the Estate of Peter Roehr, Paul Maenz, via email dated 7.10.2013. Provenance Galerie Paul Maenz, Cologne; Galerie Jöllenbeck, Cologne; private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia Exhibitions Tübingen 1977 (Kunsthalle), Eindhoven (Stedelijk van Abbe Museum), Frankfurt (Kunstverein), Peter Roehr 1944-1968, exhib.cat.p.126 “I feel I am identical with what I do. In my 'Montages' I unreservedly realise everything that is important to me. I believe I am free.” (Peter Roehr, Notizen aus dem Nachlass, in: Rudi Fuchs, Paul Maenz (et al.), Peter Roehr, exhib.cat., Cologne 1977, p. 31) When Peter Roehr died after a severe illness at the age of just 24 on 15 August 1968, he left behind a substantial oeuvre that displays an artistic maturity and self-contained quality which are still impressive today. The development of his oeuvre took place within a small number of years: Roehr's first works, created around 1960, were still influenced by Informalism. Yet over the next few years he quickly developed his first collages from everyday materials such as grains of rice and cords which are akin to the artistic understanding of someone like Piero Manzoni or the ZERO Group. From 1964 onwards Roehr eventually started to work on his “Photo Montages”. They are series of images, cut out from magazines and advertising brochures, stuck together closely next to each other and repeating an identical subject. He targeted companies such as VW and Chevrolet, asking them to send him large amounts of images. One theme that became characteristic in his photo montages was the automobile. It turned out to be an ideal way for him to symbolise the basic idea of objects in a series, as it expressed the aesthetics and dynamism of repetition. In “Untitled (FO-48)” Roehr developed a special suction effect through an oblique perspective and the direction of the road where a VW Beetle can be seen on the horizon, racing towards the sun in an endless loop. It shows the special feature of his photo montages, as they are entirely the artist's idea, while at the same time conveying emotions to which the viewer can relate - in our case an almost tangible sense of speed and perhaps also of freedom. Peter Roehr Ohne Titel (FO-48) Foto-Montage: Papier mit PVC-Beschichtung auf Kunststoff 169 x 164 cm. Nachlassverzeichnis-Nr. FO-48 Mit schriftlicher Bestätigung vom Nachlass Peter Roehr, Paul Maenz, per Mail vom 7.10.2013. Provenienz Galerie Paul Maenz, Köln; Galerie Jöllenbeck, Köln; Privatsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen Ausstellungen Tübingen 1977 (Kunsthalle), Eindhoven (Stedelijk van Abbe Museum), Frankfurt (Kunstverein), Peter Roehr 1944-1968, Ausst.Kat.S.126 „Ich fühle mich identisch mit dem, was ich tue. In den >Montagen< verwirkliche ich uneingeschränkt alles, was mir wichtig ist. Ich glaube, ich bin frei.“ (Peter Roehr, Notizen aus dem Nachlaß, in: Rudi Fuchs, Paul Maenz (u.a.), Peter Roehr, Ausst.Kat. Köln 1977,S.31) Als Peter Roehr am 15. August 1968 mit nur knapp 24 Jahren nach schwerer Krankheit stirbt, hinterlässt er ein beachtliches Oeuvre, dessen künstlerische Reife und Geschlossenheit bis heute beeindrucken. Die Werkentwicklung konzentrierte sich auf wenige Jahre: Die ersten, um 1960 entstandenen Arbeiten Roehrs sind noch beeinflusst vom Informel, doch zügig entwickelt er in den folgenden Jahren erste Collagen aus alltäglichen Materialien wie Reiskörnern oder Kordeln, die der Geisteshaltung und dem Kunstverständnis eines Piero Manzonis oder der Gruppe ZERO verwandt sind. Ab 1964 arbeitet Roehr schließlich an seinen „Foto-Montagen“: Aus Zeitschriften oder Werbebroschüren ausgeschnittene, dicht and dicht geklebte Bilderserien, die das immergleiche Motiv repetieren. Er schreibt gezielt Unternehmen wie VW oder Chevrolet an und bittet um die Zusendung von umfangreichem Bildmaterial. Ein charakteristisches Motiv seiner Montagen wird in der Folge das Automobil. Der Bildgegenstand erweist sich als ideales Mittel, um den Grundgedanken der seriellen Reihung zu verbildlichen: Die Ästhetik und Dynamik der Wiederholung. Bei „Ohne Titel (FO-48)“ entwickelt Roehr eine besondere Sogwirkung durch die schräg angelegte Perspektive und den Straßenverlauf, an dessen Horizont ein VW-Käfer in Endlosschleife der Sonne entgegenrast. Hier wird die Besonderheit der Foto-Montagen deutlich: Sie sind ganz Konzept des Künstlers und transportieren zugleich Emotionen, an die der Betrachter anknüpfen kann, wie in unserem Fall die geradezu gefühlte Geschwindigkeit und vielleicht sogar die Freiheit.
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