The Fate of the truth seeker company

Juan Geuer

BIRTH YEAR 1917
BIRTH PLACE Soest, Holland
DEATH YEAR 2009
DEATH PLACE Almonte, Ontario
MEDIUM Collage and mixed media on masonite
DATE c.1974
DIMENSIONS 121.9cm x 73.7cm x 0.6cm
ACCESSION NUMBER 2013.04.11
CREDIT LINE Collection of the Ottawa Art Gallery: gift of Else Geuer-Vermeij, 2013.
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
An abstract paint collage on a line graph with text and images of geometric shapes, graphs, and a map laid on top. Primary colours accent the collage: a yellow filled line graph on bottom left, a blue diagonal line graph in center, and a vertical red bar on the right edge. The work refers to the “Truth Seeker Company” that Geuer founded in 1973, as a tongue-in-cheek umbrella under which he could continue his researches the connections between art and science and what he considered the public's indifference toward creativity. This collage is a bridge-work of Geuer’s shift began to move away from painting towards a more mixed media practice.

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