The construction of these works is unique: small,
square canvases placed on chairs and on shelves that have been covered with a patina of bronze powder.
Not exact matches
Very small pictures, if painted by gifted artists and installed in an adequate version of what Dave Hickey once dubbed a «clean, well - lighted
place,» can produce exhibitions just as ambitious and adventurous as larger - scale projects... these
canvases address significant issues related to their respective genres while averaging little more than a
square foot apiece.»
There are typically two biomorphic shapes in the center of each
canvas; sometimes there are four somewhat more geometric elements
placed to make an open
square or rectangle.
Varelas uses various techniques and materials: oils, oil pastels, pastels, markers, acrylic paint and collage, with halftone screens and
squares of color,
placed sporadically across the
canvas.
Working primarily with oil on
canvas, Birch has also ventured into film and installation work culminating in some particularly notable large - scale projects, including the 20,000
square feet multimedia installations HOPE & GLORY: A Conceptual Circus (2010) and Daydreaming With... The Hong Kong Edition (2012) at the ArtisTree, TaiKoo
Place, Hong Kong.