Black, White and Green & Blue, Expanded Metal Tile, Triptych

Black, White and Green & Blue, Expanded Metal Tile, Triptych, 2019
From the series Expanded Metal Tiles
Raku Burned Tiles
Overall size: 177 H X 264 W X 6 D cm.
Individual size: 177 H X 88 W X 6 D cm.
Unique
Mounted on Metal
Unpacked: 150 kg Approx.
Crated: 180 kg Approx.
Hand-signed back by the artist.

The panel paintings "Expanded Metal Tile Paintings" are the closest to the classic art of painting. Firstly glaze is applied by roller brush and a piece of expanded metal onto a block of 4 x 3 clay tiles. Similar as in traditional blueprint with textiles, the expanded is moved across the tiles like a mould. Then the composition drys for a couple of hours before getting fired at 850 degrees celcius. After around 12 hours of firing the tiles are taken out while still glowing and are put in sawdust for a couple of minutes. After cooled down in a wterbasin. This process is called Raku firing and turns the white clay into a magic black appearance. The fnished work bears a haptical sensation, the form resembles calligraphy: the surface's sensuality takes centre stage. The artist goal is a narrative between abstract and figurative painting. Due to our cognitive memory you can discover physical traces of the fence when going close to the work. If you look at it from distance the overlapping and gestural movement will created on the canvas show an abstract composition. Within this series Wolf realized already two lagre scale interior projects for clients. One was installed in a shower and one as wall piece between two balconies. The special approach of the artist allows him to scale his work in every size and due to his practice it always turns out to be a unique masterpiece.
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Clemens Wolf (born in 1981 in Vienna) studied painting with Ursula Hübner at the University of Art and Design Linz. In his artistic work, he deals with the capturing of irreproducible moments. At the beginning of this involvement stood the urban space with its ruins and fences. Wolf captured the beauty of decay and transience in large, monochrome landscape paintings. Wolf has had exhibitions in China, Switzerland, France, Germany and the USA. He is represented internationally by several galleries and is part of renowned collections such as the Albertina Museum.