Organic White on White (1994) Painting

This white monochrome painting was the largest to date as a purely non-objective design gouged into plywood revealing a wood grain background. In the same way Marcel Duchamp would choose ready-mades for artwork, I chose a distinct and anonymous 2D design which I purloined as my own. The plywood was routered, scorched and wire brushed to prepare the surface for shellac, then paint. This created a bas-relief substrate and purely acrylic painting with negative space relying on shadows. I felt this artwork was my counterpoint to Kazimir Malevich's White on White (1918) realized through deconstructive events as described by Jacques Derrida. This monochrome painting led me to even more novel solutions for white on white paintings after the famed Suprematist painter Kazimir Malevich that were never tried before to the best of my knowledge. I was also influenced by the well known Canadian representational gouged plywood painter Paterson Ewen who did not cross over to monochrome, abstract or op art in his art practice.

Painting:Acrylic on Wood

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:48 W x 48 H x 1.5 D in

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