VANTA - Equinox II - NO RESERVE

Equinox
Equinoxは、光の静かなバランスを探る絵画シリーズです。どの方向も優勢ではない、色がキャンバスに対して完璧な均衡を保つ、静止して宙に浮く瞬間を捉えます。各作品は、彩度の高い色の場を中心に据え、色が自らの重心の中心で安定しているかのような「色の静止」の状態を持ちます。作品群は、視覚空間の探究を行うジェームズ・ティール、マーク・ロスコの彩色場、イブ・クラインの濃密な没入感、オラフル・エリアソンの大気的なインスタレーション、アニシュ・カプールの顔料仕事、ヨーゼフ・アルバースの色の瞑想、そしてヴォルフガング・ティルマンスの抽象的フォトグラムの滑らかなグラデーションといった、色・縁・移行が他の線や形の重さを担ってきた作家たちの影響を受けています。

The Process:
Each work begins with raw canvas cut to size and taped down onto an MDF board, which has been built up at its center through successive layers of masking tape to create a very slight rise in the painting surface. Silicone sheets with cut-out shapes of varying sizes and inner forms are then placed on top of the stretched fabric, serving as guides for laying in the initial composition. The acrylic paint used in this stage is mixed with retarders and flow mediums that alter its viscosity and significantly slow its drying time, keeping the surface workable for the next step. Once the shapes are painted in, a second structure — identical in size to the base board, with a large sponge fixed to its underside — is lowered onto the wet surface until it makes full contact with the paint. Wood sanding machines mounted to the top of this structure are then switched on, and their vibration is transmitted through the sponge into the painting, blurring and dissolving the painted shapes into one another over the course of the process. In some works the sponge is pre-soaked with a specialized liquid that lends the finished surface a deep, built-in gloss; in others, the varnish is applied separately once the work has dried. After the structure is lifted, the painting is left to rest for three to four hours until it is fully set.
Equinoxは、均衡をテーマとしたシリーズです。光が安定して留まり、色がその重さで完璧に静止した、宙に浮くような静けさの点。

Shipping:
The work is delivered without a frame (professional packaging, rolled in a tube). it can easily be restretched by a professional or on your own, this is also cheaper then the otherwise increased cost of shipping when sending paintings stretched

The measurements indicated are those of the painting stretched and mounted on a frame (The actual measurements of the canvas are larger to allow it to be mounted on a frame 2-4 cm thick.

Disclaimer:
Process photos included in the listing show studies and works in progress, as well as close up photos of showing the structure of the canvas.