In the Land of the Rivers V, 1993
Acrylic on canvas
Collection of
Daniel Sigg, courtesy of the Kouros Gallery, New York
Through rough-hewn cool calligraphic lines that meander
across the canvas, the movement of water permeates an expansive landmass; not
of browns and greens, but of purples, blues and reds. Where the river flows off
the edges of the canvas, out of the viewer’s field of vision, seems irrelevant
to the artist. It is the sensory experience of texture, color, sound, light,
and a sense of place that are the heartbeat of nature’s living presence. ~ Jason E. Shaiman,
Curator of Exhibitions, Miami University Art Museum
The Bend, 2004
Acrylic on canvas
Collection of
Daniel Sigg
For all of their expressiveness, however, it is difficult to
find traces of the brush in Sigg’s paintings. They seem to have materialized
quite mysteriously, their surfaces bearing signs of the artist’s psychic energy
rather than his actual touch. Layers of colors merge into subtly nuanced
shades. ~ Margaret Mathews-Berenson,
writing about The Bend (2004) by H.A.
Sigg, from the Kouros Gallery exhibit catalogue H.A. Sigg: New Paintings and Collages
Encounter V, 2010
Acrylic on canvas
Collection of
Daniel Sigg, courtesy of the Kouros Gallery, New York
“The river means to me more than just a moving coloured
form. It is for me something existential, something to do with my own inner
posture…The river is an image “of effusion, of gentle or swift movement, not
stagnant, but in motion, towards a destination: the big water.” ~ H.A. Sigg, from Fritz Billeter’s
“The Wealth of the River” from H.A. Sigg,
Monograph
