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Peter Vahlefeld

Germany

Painting, Oil on Canvas

Size: 35.4 W x 66.9 H x 2 D in

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ABOUT THE ARTWORK

Acrylic, acrylic based medium, archival varnish UV protection, oil, and archival pigment prints (collage) on canvas. The artwork comes ready to hang. The very idea of erasing presents a daunting challenge as it comes enmeshed in connotations of destruction. The act of removing or obliterating painted elements is an integral part of constructing this painting. The artwork is created only as it is destroyed, and the more advanced its ruin becomes, the more its reality and autonomy as a painting is asserted. Using a refined process of building and removing layer upon layer of oil paint and print on canvas, the work embraces chance as a central idea. The process involves scraping, lacerating and digging into the surface of the work with electric tools like sanding machines, revealing buried layers of references.

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Painting:

Oil on Canvas

Original:

One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:

35.4 W x 66.9 H x 2 D in

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Peter Vahlefeld's visceral artworks combine a rigorous, process-based practice, continually rethinking the possibilities of painting. The act and idea of »building« the paintings encapsulates his multi-tiered approach to each piece that unfold in an intricate, unpredictable interaction of layers and excess—a constant juggling of paint, prints, fabrics, and effect to enhance the capacity of the surface. Using references to a broad array of sources, including art history, literature, and pop culture, he creates paintings that alternate between flat experience and dimensionality. Perfectly poised between European and American traditions (Art Informel, Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art), they draw their actuality from the collision between the visual codes of mass media and the subjective traces of painterly expression and combine complexity into a visual richness that is neither figurative nor abstract. Peter Vahlefeld has participated in a variety of solo exhibitions, art fairs, and venues such as Neumeister Fine Art Auctioneers (Munich), Sotheby's (Vienna), Fritz Hansen (Denmark) and Allianz Art Collection. His work can be found in private and corporate collections throughout Europe, the United States and Asia. Peter Vahlefeld was featured on the German television channel ZDF, and currently works in Berlin and Munich.

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