Matthias BoecklThe cycle of paintings known as Four Walls marks a turning point in modern art history, bringing artistic analogies of natural creation into central focus. The uncommissioned works were created by Max Weiler between 1973 and 1977. Sized 2.56 x 6 meters, their dimensions can be compared to Monet’s Water Lilies exhibited in the Orangerie in Paris. Designed to be presented in a single room, they have rarely been on display simultaneously. The paintings were sold in the early ’80s; two of them were put on display in Vienna’s Law School, while the other two have been included in the collection of the Museum Moderner Kunst since 1992. This monograph reproduces the works as well as describing its genesis and context in art history at the turning point between historical modernism and contemporary art. Springer Verlag. ISBN 9783211490037. Hardback. $55.
