ART OF THE TIMES

Time is certainly one of Max Frintrop's working materials.

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"Not only in the sense that it should be used as efficiently as possible, but also that artistic decisions need to be made exactly at the right moment," said the German painter dedicated to abstract expressionism.

His art revolves around fundamental questions of order within chaos, manifestation of colour through light and how fleeting moments can be measured or captured, particularly in paintings on huge canvases.

A collaboration with Moritz Grossmann, the Art Edition Max Frintrop collection presents a mille-feuille of superimposed paint glazes on the faces of 16 one-of-a kind timepieces.

The mesmerising dials are actually crafted from fragments of the top layer of his studio floor, which is an artistic expression in itself.

"I often used liquid paint that splashed onto the floor and dried there as I painted. Over the years, the studio floor gained its patina and a geological-like structure revealing an extremely unique colouring and presence," explained Frintrop.