Peter Krausz "(No) Man's Land"
Forum Gallery
This event has ended.
Montréal artist Peter Krausz exhibits "(No) Man’s Land," fifteen vibrant and visceral paintings executed in secco. Unlike the more familiar fresco, in which pigments are applied to a wet surface, Krausz creates his paintings using the secco technique, where pulverized pigments in an egg-based emulsion are applied to a dry plaster surface. Numerous transparent layers yield the intensity of color for which the artist’s work is known. Through use of secco, Krausz achieves remarkable luminosity and richer surface textures and perdurability than could result in any other way. The title of his latest exhibition, "(No) Man’s Land," relates directly to Krausz’ long-standing preoccupation with the concept of borders; the frontiers that sometimes follow natural geographical features but which are often arbitrarily, even brutally, imposed on nature, landscapes, and human beings. This theme began with Krausz’ surreptitious border crossing while escaping with his family from Eastern Block Romania in 1969. This theme has endured as a prominent subject in many of his paintings and photographs, including those from his "Berlin Series of 1987-1989."
[Image: Peter Krausz "(No) Man's Land No. 1" (2008) tempera and oil on canvas 84 x 48 in.]
Media
Schedule
from December 03, 2009 to January 16, 2010