In an exploration of new relations between scale, light, process and chance, the surface is textured through a
number of layers of paint varying in shade and depth of relief.
The piece is comprised of
hundreds of layers of paint which have been peeled from their original substrate and arranged in two slumping piles.
I mean as much as it creates greater ambiguity, it also reveals both a sense of
history of the layering of the paint while, at the same time, anchoring the whole image so that it doesn't float in the picture plane.
Rail: How did you arrive at this technique of creating tessera
out of layers of paint, building your paintings like a kind of visual masonry?
With this body of work, Hughes extended a traditional medium in unexpected, truly innovative directions without departing from the
application of layers of paint to canvas.
The exhibition also includes a group of new, large - scale abstract «paintings»
comprised of layers of paint and photographs merged with three - dimensional forms that highlight the hybridity of materials and processes the artist has come to be known for in his recent works.
«The quality, the execution, the kind of
intensity of the layers of paint, the quality of the drip is relatively discernible when you see these things first - hand.
Composed of layers of paint, gestural drawing and found ephemera, his work evokes the histories of urban environments: Parlá is a documentarian of city life.
Lots of layers of paint and texture mark the six new paintings featured in Kathleen Shaver's latest exhibit, «The Structure of Chaos» at Crane Arts (1400 N. American St.), opening Thursday, Aug. 13.
For his «Chance» series, Stamm invented a system whereby the rolling of a dice or spinning of a roulette wheel would determine the format of the specific work and the
number of layers of paint.
This is because it is very likely that
some of those layers of paint will contain lead.
Instead of just revealing the Graphite underneath, sanding actually removed
all of the layers of paint in some areas — which was okay because I wanted an aged look anyway.
Note that if your home was built before 1978, you should probably assume that somewhere, under
all of those layers of paint, is lead paint that's just been covered over with another layer.
When you strip away everything else, you are left with a fun and frantic arcade - style shooting extravaganza, but
some of those layers of paint are a little flaky.
Note that if your home was built before 1978, you should probably assume that somewhere, under
all of those layers of paint, is lead paint that's just been covered over with another layer.
Sand down through
some of the layers of paint.