Fritz Pechmann’s wall objects also rely on a highly reduced visual language, yet they differ significantly in their final appearance from the works of Hellmut Bruch or the “Bildkörper” of Hans Brosch. His wall objects thrive on the contrast of individual geometric forms, which he carves out of black-stained panels and arranges directly on the white walls of the gallery, creating compositions of great variety.

He is fascinated by exploring the countless possible combinations of rectangles, squares, triangles, circles, and circle segments, as well as by the interplay between closed and open forms. In his process of shaping, Pechmann not only calculates the symbolic value of these forms but also deliberately introduces moments of irritation.

His individual connection to (East Asian) mandalas distinguishes his work from a purely mathematical-geometric statement and places it within the realm of the spiritual and meditative.

Gunther Dankl, Von Strenge und Intuition, preface to the exhibition catalog of the exhibition at Maerz Galerie Linz, 1999

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These artworks were created between 1991 and 1992.