Paul Pagk (Bilingual edition)

An in-depth survey of the over twenty-year career of the abstract painter

Paul Pagk is an abstract painter born in 1962. Over the last forty years, he has developed a singular approach, using a pictorial language made of colour, line, and light. In his geometric compositions, the artist plays with notions of symmetry and off-centring. His paintings thus exude a sense of harmony and movement, captivating the eye and inviting contemplation. Paul Pagk conceives his works as invitations to slow down, to take the time to perceive, feel and "inhabit" the spatial constructions he composes. Despite his minimalist formal approach, the artist does not seek to erase his gesture, drawing his lines freehand and using traditional painting techniques, such as grinding and mixing his own colours. This monograph looks back over the last twenty-five years of Paul Pagk's career, presenting an unprecedented overview of his abstract paintings and drawings to reveal the foundations and particularities of his pictorial explorations. The rigorous presentation of a large number of his works is accompanied by several texts, each shedding a particular light on the artist's work. These texts offer an in-depth look at Paul Pagk's approach, the development of his practice over the years, the key elements of his biography and a reading of his work through a philosophical lens.