GÉRARD SCHNEIDER: Espaces colorés – Œuvres 1970-1978

Coloured space truly took possession of the canvas. The term “space” is used here deliberately: the omnipresent colour tangibly creates a space – even a new dimension within the composition. It is indeed a significant dimension. By no means a background or a kind of receptacle, this pure, sometimes uniform-looking colour adds an extra dimension – it plunges the viewer’s gaze deeper into the work, almost seeming to make the boundaries of the canvas disappear. Yet the artist’s paintings do not necessarily tend towards monochrome. The skilful juxtapositions of tones, the vibrations of colour, the contrasts between flat tints and his restless gestural style remain. It is within this synthesis that Schneider’s style of painting is now defined.

Extract from the exhibition catalogue.

Christian Demare - Co-author of the Catalogue Raisonné of Gérard Schneider