Mennige (Pentagon), 1992

Mennige (Pentagon) by Imi Knoebel is a wall work that uses an irregular pentagon as its central form. The choice of color, the characteristic “red lead” paint called Bleimennige, refers to an industrial primer for steel and iron that Knoebel repeatedly incorporates into his artistic practice.
As a work applied directly to the wall, this edition interacts with the architectural conditions of the space, emphasizing the interplay between autonomous form and spatial context. The clear geometry is not presented in isolation but enters into dialogue with its surroundings, through which Knoebel continues his conceptual engagement with surface, color, and space.