installation view at Galerie Lange + Pult in Zürich raw oil paint on sewn canvas tarpaulins each 36" x 36 inches / 91,5cm x 91,5cm
oil on velvet, with broken red wine bottles 18" x 18" x 3½ inches / 45,7cm x 45,7cm x 9cm
These sharp oil-on-velvet paintings demand a certain physical distancing that echoes this noli me tangere era. The continuation of an exploration of texture and surface is now emphasized with a testament to a precious upcycle of a recycle, and an impasto of enforced caution. These ersatz-Euro time travellers intend to hover far from where and when they were created. The toasting of Burgundy, the imbibe of agave spirit, the transport to Milanese melancholy, and yes, the pop of Portofino —are celebrated with the after-party of these surface-vehicle punk-elegant mosaics.
untitled glassworks
oil on velvet, with broken tequila bottles 18" x 18" x 3 inches / 45,7cm x 45,7cm x 7,2cm
oil on velvet, with broken Campari bottles 18" x 18" x 4 inches / 45,7cm x 45,7cm x 10,2cm
oil on velvet, with broken chinotto bottles 15" x 15" x 3¼ inches / 38cm x 38cm x 8,3cm
oil on velvet, with broken chinotto bottles 18” x 18” x 3⅛ inches / 45,7cm x 45,7cm x 8cm
oil on velvet, with broken tequila bottles 18" x 18" x 4¼ inches / 45,7cm x 45,7cm x 10,8cm
close-up oil on velvet, with broken red wine bottles 18" x 18" x 4¼ inches / 45,7cm x 45,7cm x 10,8cm
close-up oil on velvet, with broken tequila bottles 18" x 18" x 3 inches / 45,7cm x 45,7cm x 7,2cm
close-up oil on velvet, with broken Campari bottles 18" x 18" x 4 inches / 45,7cm x 45,7cm x 10,2cm
close-up oil on velvet, with broken chinotto bottles 15" x 15" x 3¼ inches / 38cm x 38cm x 8,3cm
close-up oil on velvet, with broken tequila bottles 18" x 18" x 4¼ inches / 45,7cm x 45,7cm x 10,8cm
oil on velvet, with broken red wine bottles 18" x 18" x 4¼ inches / 45,7cm x 45,7cm x 10,8cm
detail
oil on velvet, with broken tequila bottles 12" x 12" x 4 inches / 30,5cm x 30,5cm x 10cm
detail