June 16, 2020

Shrouds

acrylic on magazine pages, 14" x 11"

The Shrouds draw inspiration from the Shroud of Turin – that relic which ostensibly records the moment Christ de-extincted Himself in a flash of brilliant light, mysteriously searing an image into the cloth. In painting terms I see them as resonant with Warhol’s Rorschach prints and the stain painting technique of Helen Frankenthaler and Morris Louis.

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Shrouds in Transient Transgressions at SomoS, Berlin, 2015. Printed fabric, 60"x48".
Posted by Mark Roth at June 16, 2020 01:51 AM