Ruedi Reinhard (1940-2018) is one of the Swiss constructivist-concrete artists. His work is characterised by radical reduction, formal precision and an extensive rejection of narrative. In doing so, Reinhard ‘undermines rigid schematisation or regular determination with creative strategies that make use of minimal means of disruption or reinterpretation, which, when fitted into the logic of the pictorial context, ... are usually not immediately noticeable.’ (Michael Hübl in: Ruedi Reinhard, Chorus-Verlag 2001, p.18). Posthumous exhibitions: opposite (2021, with Christiane Maier Reinhard), maison 44 Basel; 2020 unbalanced balanced, Rappaz Museum Basel. Participations: 2022 ARTconcret Rappaz Museum Basel; 2019 Turtle Bienvenue/Galerie Arnaud Lefebvre, Cité Internationale des Arts Paris.

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The ides in the Roman calendar mark the 13th or 15th day of a month and refer to the full moon in the lunar cycle. IDUS relates to a work on a building in which 13 surfaces embedded in the wall are varied by being moved, creating a cyclical progression that seemingly always leads back to the starting point. Two unequal rectangles are separated by a white band embedded in a square overall surface. While one rectangle remains unchanged, the other undergoes 13 surface shifts. IDUS represents the seventh step, in which an equilibrium is created, which is not, however, a resting state, but a tense imbalance, as if balancing on a tipping point.

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