Frozen inside blocks of clear resin, a sequence of swirling, gestural brushstrokes seem to drift midair. Fabian Oefner isn’t any stranger to the polymer substance, which could be poured right into a mildew in a liquid kind and cured right into a stable. In his newest sequence, Volumen, the artist transforms paint strokes into bodily objects with dynamic dimensionality.
Oefner’s observe has usually centered on the character of gravity and movement, suspending objects in bodily sculptures or photographing automobiles and machines within the fashion of exploded diagrams. He generally deconstructs objects like cameras or sneakers, reassembling them in puzzle-like compositions (previously).
The artist has all the time been fascinated by the textural high quality of paint, particularly within the work of Summary Expressionists who emphasised gestural motions, mark-making, and spontaneity—or no less than the looks of it. Oefner says:
For me, experiencing works like de Kooning’s “Door to the River” or Pollock’s “Lavender Mist” has all the time been as a lot a tactile expertise as a visible one. These work are nearly like sculptures to me. What I’m doing is eradicating the canvas completely and lifting the paint into house, making its physicality utterly tangible.
Discover extra on the artist’s website.
