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Peter Mohall’s first exhibition in Asia will showcase 8 new works from his formalistic “Brushstrokes painting” series.
Mohall examines painting as a medium through several different approaches. Each different body of work is part of a mutual research about painting. Mohall sees it as a necessity to approach the complexity of painting by using several strategies and tools, moving between different styles and themes.
In the “Brushstrokes Painting” series, brushstrokes are multiplied through molds and casts, resulting in a painting consisting of a plurality of identical brush strokes. The brushstrokes are placed on the canvas in predetermined systematic patterns or compositions, which are repeated with precise measurements through several paintings. Repetition not only becomes a tool in the construction of the image but also for creating new images as the same composition is reused in other paintings.
The series examines the authority of painting as a medium and asks formalistic questions about color theory, form and spatial conditions. Due to the casts of identical brushstrokes, the series bypasses painting structures of intuition and spontaneity and pushes the parameters of the basic components of gesture and movement. The series examines issues that arise when the autonomous identity of the gesture is removed through repetition, as the hand gesture itself, conventionally inherent in painterly authenticity. At the same time the series thematize on the gesture, each action is controlled. The unpredictability of what happens when the brush touches the canvas is removed. The series thus distances itself from the predecessors of the 1960s minimalism with repetition-oriented themes, including Supports/Surfaces and the BMPT movements, where the emphasis was on the intuitive movements of the artist’s hand.
In the new works, Mohall varies the coloring with tempera grassa. Though tempera grassa is a less controllable type of paint, painterly imperfections are allowed and become an addition to the discussion.
Mohall examines painting as a medium through several different approaches. Each different body of work is part of a mutual research about painting. Mohall sees it as a necessity to approach the complexity of painting by using several strategies and tools, moving between different styles and themes.
In the “Brushstrokes Painting” series, brushstrokes are multiplied through molds and casts, resulting in a painting consisting of a plurality of identical brush strokes. The brushstrokes are placed on the canvas in predetermined systematic patterns or compositions, which are repeated with precise measurements through several paintings. Repetition not only becomes a tool in the construction of the image but also for creating new images as the same composition is reused in other paintings.
The series examines the authority of painting as a medium and asks formalistic questions about color theory, form and spatial conditions. Due to the casts of identical brushstrokes, the series bypasses painting structures of intuition and spontaneity and pushes the parameters of the basic components of gesture and movement. The series examines issues that arise when the autonomous identity of the gesture is removed through repetition, as the hand gesture itself, conventionally inherent in painterly authenticity. At the same time the series thematize on the gesture, each action is controlled. The unpredictability of what happens when the brush touches the canvas is removed. The series thus distances itself from the predecessors of the 1960s minimalism with repetition-oriented themes, including Supports/Surfaces and the BMPT movements, where the emphasis was on the intuitive movements of the artist’s hand.
In the new works, Mohall varies the coloring with tempera grassa. Though tempera grassa is a less controllable type of paint, painterly imperfections are allowed and become an addition to the discussion.
Schedule | Nov 6 (Fri) 2020-Dec 12 (Sat) 2020 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Venue | Koki Arts http://www.kokiarts.com/  | ||||
| Location | 1F Rose Bldg., 1-15-2 Higashi Kanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0031 | ||||
| Access | 1 minute walk from exit 4 at JR Bakurocho Station, 3 minute walk from exit A1 at Bakuro-yokoyama Station on the Toei Shinjuku line, 6 minute walk from exit B4 at Higashi-nihombashi Station on the Toei Asakusa line. | ||||
| Phone | 03-3865-8650 | ||||
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