
Sarah Ortmeyer, GRANDMASTER, 2023, raising flags, museum in progress, flag

Sarah Ortmeyer, GRANDMASTER, 2023, raising flags, museum in progress, flag
Photo: Claudia Posekany, Copyright: museum in progress

Sarah Ortmeyer, GRANDMASTER, 2023, raising flags, museum in progress, flag
Photo: Claudia Posekany, Copyright: museum in progress

Sarah Ortmeyer, GRANDMASTER, 2023, raising flags, museum in progress, flag
Photo: Claudia Posekany, Copyright: museum in progress

Sarah Ortmeyer, GRANDMASTER, 2023, raising flags, museum in progress, flag
Photo: Claudia Posekany, Copyright: museum in progress

Sarah Ortmeyer, GRANDMASTER, 2023, raising flags, museum in progress, flag
Photo: Claudia Posekany, Copyright: museum in progress

Sarah Ortmeyer, GRANDMASTER, 2023, raising flags, museum in progress, flag
Photo: Claudia Posekany, Copyright: museum in progress
Since many years, chess has been one of the central themes in Sarah Ortmeyer's art, starting with the ongoing GRANDMASTER series. In her flag artwork, the artist reinterprets the traditional chessboard by depicting the white squares in blue. The blue-painted squares nearly disappear against the blue sky, merging with the surrounding landscape.