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(currently in exhibition) 'Rising Universe' (No.2) Painting

Dries Ketels

Belgium

Painting, Household on Other

Size: 4.3 W x 3.3 H x 0.1 D in

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The artist created this image using electricity (up to 30.000 Volts), a variety of different chemicals and painting mediums, ... . In order to use electricity as a painting medium the artist developed a new painting method that gave him the opportunity to actually compose the image and to paint with these chemicals and paint with 'lightning' (static electricity). The method is a combination of his knowledge out of the world from manual photography and his knowledge out the traditional painting methods. In this series 'Rising Universe' the artist searched for a visual representation of the emergence of our universe. In order to create these images the artist used a method that is actually very similar to the methods 'nature' used to create our universe. These paintings are in some ways Über-realistic, not because the visual representation is realistic (because we cannot know how it looked like a few billions of years ago), but because the method used to paint these images is as close as a painting can get to the method nature used in reality to create these structures in our universe. The electromagnetic force is one of the four fundamental laws of nature, and probably the most flexible (in a creative way) and manipulable law of the four. This force is partly responsible for our universe as we know it today! (The tree other fundamental laws are also used to create this image but in a less extensive way) The sizes of the images in this series are very small. (10.8 x 8.25 cm) This is in conflict with the size of our Universe but also with the 'big scale culture' that we experience today. Our century is a century where nothing can be too big and it is exactly that attitude that the artist wants to put in question. Do we still have the guts and decency to enjoy the small as well? Therefore these images do not only represent the macroscopic level of our universe. There is also place to let your mind dwell in the microscopic level of our universe, in some ways these images also represent the electromagnetic interactions between different atoms, synapses in the brain, ... . It's also important to understand the complexity and the exclusiveness of the technique that the artist used. For example: the esd-gun, used as a brush to generate static electricity (essential for this type of result), costs at least (for the cheapest one) a few thousands of euros, probably one of the most expensive single brushes ever used. Besides this, the high costs of the chemicals and other materials results in one of the most expensive and exclusive painting methods ever developed and used. Enjoy! Now, what to read next?: - an article about his works in Beautiful Decay: http://beautifuldecay.com/2015/06/24/lightning-strikes-artist-uses-electricity-create-captivating-portraits/ - an article about his works in StudioVox: https://studiovox.com/blog/fine-artists-you-should-know-2 Ps: If prints are available for this artwork the artist decided to sell only 5 prints in order to maintain the exclusiveness of each work. If any potential buyer of this work would prefer to shut down the sales of prints for any reason whatsoever the artist is willing to do this.

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Painting:Household on Other

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:4.3 W x 3.3 H x 0.1 D in

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When I create a series of artworks I ask myself often the following question: “What would the art world, two centuries ago, have thought about this particular series?” Whenever the answer to that question is “They would surely love it.” I know I’m doing something wrong, that it's not progressive enough and not 22nd century oriented. It is my method to get rid of the ballast. In order to get forward we need to get rid of the ballast that holds us back, things that were very useful in the past but that are now out-dated, not ‘beautiful’ anymore, … is ballast that we need to let go. It’s the good old destruction-construction model, destroying parts of the past in order to build the future out of these ‘old’ building blocks. One of the most important attitudes that helped me in developing 'Abstract Realism' and becoming what I am is the simple act of going left when everybody else is going right. It’s the only way to discover the new and push the boundaries forward. Just like life, this creative process is a balancing act, what do we keep of our past and what do we let go. Watercolor is the medium of the future for painting! I strongly believe this. It’s simply the medium that can blend in most easily with all other fields of humanity (science, economy, etc.). Oh yes, before I forget. I should also implement some of the traditional stuff in a statement with terms like: self-motivation, autodidact, ambition, etc. and perhaps a philosophy difficult enough so you don't have the guts to say I'm wrong and strange enough so you can see that I'm an artist. All of that just to show you that I'm serious with my art. Well, let me put it like this: I'm very serious! The best of luck for all of you,

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