Considering Quitting It All And Going To The Aquarium To Draw Jellyfish / We Can Slow Together
US$ 2,200
Overview
2024
Acrylic Paint, Acrylic paint on canvas
Unique Work
Dimensions: 200cm (H) x 160cm (W) x 2cm (D) / 78.7" (H) x 63" (W) x 0.8" (D)
Note: Actual colours may vary due to photography & computer settings
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Estimated delivery for this item is between 23 September - 28 September
This item ships from Germany
Please note that this item is unframed and will be shipped rolled
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About the art
Artist statement
Video - https://youtu.be/gP16cvYdRrU
A drawing excursion to Aquarium Berlin where 39 digital drawings were sketched of aquatic and terrestrial life. These were laid out in a grid, repeated twice, and converted to a physical painting using gestural strokes.
The title is a reference to myself quitting a coding school after the second day (just wasn’t for me). Saying how I’d like to go and draw the jellyfish “We Can Slow Together.”
Featuring: Black Spotted Puffer, Black-spotted Stingray, Blacktip Reef Shark, Bonnethead, Cannonball Jellyfish, Conehead Basilisk, European Morey, Green Moray, Japanese Sea Nettle, Koi Carp, Moon Jellyfish, Red Footed Tortoise, Red-Bellied Short-Necked Turtle, Rhinoceros Iguana, Roughtail Rock Agama, Speckled Pavon, Spectacled Caiman with Hilaire's Side-Necked Turtle, Yellow-Spotted Amazon River Turtle, Tomato Frog and Western Diamondbacked Rattlesnake.
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Artist profile
Simon Findlay
Born: 1990
Hometown: Berlin
Based in: Berlin, Germany
Simon Findlay works on his personal relationship with colour through exhaustive durational visual expression.
As part of his process based artistic practice, some of the performances he has done include; throwing rocks in a snow storm whilst wearing only short shorts, using only blue for a year, exploring different tools …
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