ingrid weber, "Farbmittel"

nov. 6 - dec. 18, 2004
taguchi fine art, ltd.
















































Born in Obermaubach/ Eifel, Germany in 1961, Ingrid Weber now resides and works in Duesseldorf. She got the Meisterschuelerin from Jan Dibbets at the Art Academy in Duesseldorf in 1991 and worked as assistant of Dibbets for few years. Received a scholarship from Ernst Poensgen Foundation and stayed in New York in 2000.




microscopic finest pigment particles - Farbmittel

German word "Farb" means color and "mittel" means material. Thus "Farbmittel" means color material. To put it concretely, it is "the microscopic finest pigment particles" with which Ingrid Weber creates her paintings.
Generally "pigments" and "bind materials" as glue or Arabic gum which enables the pigments fixed to canvas are the two most basic and important elements in the process of painting. With them, artist can visualize what he or she wants to express on canvas.
Ingrid Weber has been consistently creating monochrome painting which is constructed with a single color pigment or a few limited number of different color pigments. She titles her solo exhibition "Farbmittel" since it is the exact word to express what her monochrome paintings are and through it her investigation has been made.




Ingrid Weber gradually attracts attention of Japanese people, joining in the group show at Meguro Art Museum, Tokyo, "Yellow - Power of the Earth and Light from the Air" this July and going to work under the Open Studio Program at Fuchu Art Museum, Tokyo from October 9th through November 28th.
This installation is her second one-person show at taguchi fine art, ltd. Works in cadmium yellow and cadmium brown are exhibited this time.



We had a speech by the artist on the first day, November 6th.




checklist of the installation

1.
untitled (cadmium yellow), 1999
oil and pigment on canvas
37 x 37 cm

2.
untitled (varesser green), 1998
oil and pigment on canvas
37 x 37 cm

3.
untitled (c-yellow, vagoner green earth), 2004
oil and pigment on canvas
37 x 37 cm

4.
untitled (c-yellow, v. green), 2001
oil and pigment on canvas
69 x 63 cm

5.
untitled (cadmium brown), 2003
oil and pigment on canvas
45.5 x 45.5 cm

6.
untitled (c-brown), 2004
oil and pigment on canvas
60 x 60 cm

7.
untitled (c-brown), 2004
oil and pigment on canvas
60 x 60 cm

8.
untitled (c-brown), 2004
oil and pigment on canvas
105 x 110 cm