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Acrylic, acrylic based medium, archival varnish UV protection, oil, and archival pigment prints (collage) on canvas. The artwork comes ready to hang.

This work expresses a deep engagement with today's forms of image representation. Found in an auction catalogue, this anonymous pictorial material (Andy Warhol’s Liz) is being transformed into the traditional domain of painting once again. Acylics, oil paint, mediums and pigment prints are applied, covering parts of the surface while leaving others empty so that the underlying plane stays visible, creating an impression of depth through overlapping layers. Segments of inkjet prints have been sanded and cut back to reveal glimpses of paint creeping out from underlying layers. Barely visible beneath the obliterated surface, fragments of text and numerals emerge, recalling written communications, uniting detached image and aggrandized emotion as a parody of the mediatization of art. The print allows the paint to be its most animal expression of itself, while creating a charming opposition between the sculptural qualities of paint and the flat surface of the print, leaving a picture plane marked by an effortlessly elegant dance of smudges, puddles and saturated strokes.
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Acrylic, acrylic based medium, archival varnish UV protection, oil, and archival pigment prints (collage) on canvas. The artwork comes ready to hang.

This work expresses a deep engagement with today's forms of image representation. Found in an auction catalogue, this anonymous pictorial material (Andy Warhol’s Liz) is being transformed into the traditional domain of painting once again. Acylics, oil paint, mediums and pigment prints are applied, covering parts of the surface while leaving others empty so that the underlying plane stays visible, creating an impression of depth through overlapping layers. Segments of inkjet prints have been sanded and cut back to reveal glimpses of paint creeping out from underlying layers. Barely visible beneath the obliterated surface, fragments of text and numerals emerge, recalling written communications, uniting detached image and aggrandized emotion as a parody of the mediatization of art. The print allows the paint to be its most animal expression of itself, while creating a charming opposition between the sculptural qualities of paint and the flat surface of the print, leaving a picture plane marked by an effortlessly elegant dance of smudges, puddles and saturated strokes.
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Re-assembled Liz Painting

Peter Vahlefeld

Germany

Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Size: 63 W x 63 H x 2 D in

Ships in a Crate

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Originally listed for $11,580

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Acrylic, acrylic based medium, archival varnish UV protection, oil, and archival pigment prints (collage) on canvas. The artwork comes ready to hang. This work expresses a deep engagement with today's forms of image representation. Found in an auction catalogue, this anonymous pictorial material (A...

Year Created:

2017

Medium:

Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Rarity:

One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:

63 W x 63 H x 2 D in

Ready to Hang:

Not Applicable

Frame:

Not Framed

Authenticity:

Certificate is Included

Packaging:

Ships in a Crate

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Shipping is included in price.

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Germany.

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Peter Vahlefeld’s conceptual approach to painting is how advertising and branding influence visual culture or media culture. To say that his paintings are mixed media is an understatement. It’s like the difference between a drunk and a sommelier. His technique is rich and complex, combining painting, printing and digital manipulation. These artworks built up from several layers, feature different kind of paints, prints, fabrics, powdered pigments, acrylic and oil paint, different mediums, varnishes, and more. Materials have their own souls—their own chemical properties, gravities, and past lives. Immersion in the process of making is therefore essential, and involves layering, overpainting, erasing and reconstructing the image through physical and digital means. The texture of his paintings is dynamic, with areas of thick impasto of oil paint juxtaposed against flat printed sections, that challenge the boundaries between analog and digital, abstraction and representation. The strongest aspects of his portfolio is Peter's ability to deconstruct and reconstruct imagery, creating a dialogue between traditional painting and contemporary media culture. By reinterpreting motifs from marketing campaigns for museums or international galleries, auction- and exhibition catalogues or museum gift shop merchandize, he transforms commercial objects into an expressive, layered composition. This conceptual depth, combined with striking compositions, makes his paintings particularly strong! Finding inspiration in the works of artists like Robert Rauschenberg, Sigmar Polke, Gerhard Richter, Julian Schnabel and Albert Oehlen, who have also explored layering, overpainting, and media manipulation, Peter Vahlefeld is blending physical and digital techniques, pushing the boundaries between painting and media to open new perspectives and perceptions. Peter Vahlefeld was born in Tokyo, Japan and grew up in Hong Kong and Hamburg. He 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), Allianz Art Collection and Poliform Interior Design. His work can be found in private and corporate collections throughout Europe, the United States and East Asia. Peter Vahlefeld was featured on the German television channel ZDF, and currently has a studio in Berlin and Munich.

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