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The studio is an arena.
Painting is physical.
I work with un-stretched canvases that are larger than my physical self or the arena I make paintings in. Twisting and folding the canvas leaves marks of this process on the painting. The manipulation of material is evident on the surface of the finished work.
Twin Poles on Green (Stealth) Triptych
714cm x 238cm
Spray paint on Soviet Military Surplus
2020
At the Hockney Gallery, Royal College of Art, London, UK
The history of the material is as important as the colours chosen and the surfaces produced. All matter has inherent meaning in its essence. I respect how each material behaves and wants to exist within a painting. I pair paints that offer a juxtaposition of immediate and sedative techniques–like those deployed with oil and then spray-paint. These moves create an atmosphere that reveals itself over time.
Twin Poles on Green (Stealth) Triptych
714cm x 238cm
Spray paint on Soviet Military Surplus
2020
Spectral (Rectangle I)
70cm x 80cm
Spray paint, acrylic paint & debris from the studio on canvas
2019
Spectral (Rectangle II)
70cm x 80cm
Spray paint, acrylic paint & debris from the studio on canvas
2019
The physicality of the gesture must be evident.
Dipond Grid 4X7
120cm x 210cm
Spray paint, industrial ink, glossy house paint on aluminum
2020
Dipond Grid 1X9
30cm x 270cm
Spray paint, industrial ink and glossy house paint on aluminum
2020
Cloth I/01 & Cloth I/02
200cm x 800cm each
Spray paint, acrylic paint, oil paint, glossy house paint, charcoal, oil bar, varnish on canvas
2020
Install shot from the group exhibition “Entrotopia” at Jána Koniarka Gallery Trnava, Slovakia
Victory arrives in a direct line that emanates from my subconscious to my arm.
Twin Poles on Yellow (Field)
380cm x 280cm
Spray paint, pigment, wallpaper paste and debris from the studio on canvas
2020
Twin Poles on Yellow
180cm x 200cm
Spray paint, oil paint, acrylic paint, oil bar, charcoal, industrial ink, oil primer, glossy house paint and debris from the studio on canvas
2020
Twin Poles on White
180cm x 200cm
Spray paint, oil paint, acrylic paint, oil bar, charcoal, industrial ink, oil primer, glossy house paint and debris from the studio on canvas
2020
Twin Poles on Yellow (Flag)
300cm x 400cm
Spray paint, acrylic paint, rope and debris from the studio on canvas
2020
Hanged outside Ján Koniarek Gallery, Trnava, Slovakia
I currently explore emptiness and space trough minimal mark-making on monumental monochrome canvases. I aim to create my own architecture—a volume of colour held inside a space.
Untitled (Burned Bones)
340cm x 470cm
Pigment, Wallpaper paste and debris from the studio on canvas
2020
Twin Poles on Red
280cm x 380cm
Spray paint, pigment, acrylic paint & debris from the studio on canvas
2019
Twin Poles on Yellow
280cm x 380cm
Spray paint, pigment, acrylic paint & debris from the studio on canvas
2020
Jukka Virkkunen
“STUDIO”
2020