"Untitled (MJ_2015_M_073)", geometric abstraction, digital painting, grid

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Jonas Maas
"Untitled (MJ_2015_M_073)", geometric abstraction, digital painting, grid
2015

About the Item

Jonas Maas (born 1985 in Trier, lives in Dusseldorf) studied at the Kunsthochschule Mainz and at the Kunstakademie Dusseldorf in Germany. He graduated in the class of Turner-price recipient Tomma Abts. His works have been collected by major institutional and private collections (i.e. Federal Republic of Germany, Bonn; kunstpalast, Dusseldorf; LBBW Stuttgart; Philara, Dusseldorf). His works are complex compositions on either wood or aluminum. Often, as in the case of "Untitled (MJ_2015_M_073)", these unique paintings (he does not do editions of these works) are in fact printed, mostly, it is UV-print. The only painted part of "Untitled (MJ_2015_M_073)" (“painted” meaning: color applied via brush or roll) is the wooden grid that places the surface of the painting with a distance to the wall on which the work is installed – and thus asking the question wether the work is rather a painting / print or a sculpture / relief. The printed parts come to their (digital) life with the help of an image processing program (like, i.e. Photoshop). With the image processing programs Maas creates documents for which he treats digital data like a painter. He starts with an empty "canvas" and digitally creates abstract images (lines, fields, grids etc.). The computer program then serves as a brush with which Maas manipulates the given data. Often, he prints on gesso, which – before the printing process – has been applied on the surface randomly with a real brush, leaving visible brushstrokes that can be seen (especially when the light comes from the side), that do not, however, relate to the figurations and forms that will be printed on this ground. Maas is thus suggesting an artistic creation with brush and paint. However, „classical“ paintings, those that are created using just paint and a paintbrush for applying color on a canvas, cannot be found in Maas‘ oeuvre. Maas is rather interested in highlighting the interaction of color and object in his abstract works and – as a result – in the analysis and redefinition of painting in our digital times. In the particular case of "Untitled (MJ_2015_M_073)", once you look closer, you see that he printed in several layers. These layers show us grids (each grid had been created with the image processing program), and one layer imitates the swirl of a brush that seemingly brushes away the grid and reveals colors underneath. However: to comprehensively understand the work is almost impossible. Because it does not reveal, which layer in which zone has been printed upon what layer. The only thing we know for sure: the ground on which Maas has painted / printed is framed by a wooden grid that cites the stretcher frame of traditional painting. However, here, the stretcher frame has no function – besides serving as a sculptural border of the painting. But this stretcher is the only part were, as mentioned before, real traces of application of color can be found.

Creator:
Jonas Maas (1985)
Creation Year:
2015
Dimensions:
Height: 58.75 in (149.2 cm)Width: 42.6 in (108.2 cm)Depth: 1.15 in (2.9 cm)
Medium:
Fiberboard,Gesso,Ink,Acrylic
Movement & Style:
Contemporary
Period:
21st Century
Condition:
Gallery Location:
Cologne, DE
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU134425691741