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helmut dirnaichner's works are autonomous, he creates the forms that he wants to put in front of the wall, wants to put on the floor, make mobile things shimmer or turn through the breeze, or stack them in columns. into these forms he beats or brushes the powdery pigments, which he selects as a painter, sometimes also obtained by crushing a stone in a mortar. these pigments, even more so the stones, have a very pure and powerful radiance. on his plastic forms, which then become the background, he can put the layers of paint, also on the front and the back. they are originals and he cannot …