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Jan Pieter FokkensOperation Hardtack: Oak - Declassified Military Bomb Test Photo Abstraction2019
2019
$800

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Taken from a declassified military photograph of nuclear testing in the US, Jan Pieter Fokkens uses this photo as a backdrop to reconstructed it from individual hand drawn pixelated scans. Each tiny scan is placed according to its gradation of shading to recreate this scene. This is a limited edition of 10 prints. Item shown mounted and framed is an exhibition print. We are selling the series unframed. Contact the gallery for framing options.
Jan Pieter Fokkens
Operation Hardtack: Oak, 2019
archival inkjet piezography print
40h x 40w in
101.60h x 101.60w cm
edition 10
JPF033
[this artwork is sold unframed]
Jan Pieter Fokkens
b. 1979, Dokkum, The Netherlands
In his artwork, Jan Pieter Fokkens explores the inconceivable: explosions, far away galaxies and images of war. In recreating the image dot by dot and line by line he provides a deeper understanding of the world around us. The result is provocative, exciting, and beautiful. He lives and works in Chicago
I believe there is a deep lineage between modern art and the digital image. In essence there is something foreboding about the way the history of images feeds upon itself. It appears as if reality and images are always competing to see which of the two can be the most unimaginable.
My work functions as a bridge between my fascination of reductionist approaches in abstract art and the influence it has on the creation of algorithms that make digital representations of reality.
Jan Pieter Fokkens received an M.F.A. from the National University of Ireland Galway Burren College of Art and a B.F.A. from Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht, The Netherlands. His work has exhibited in Amsterdam at W139 and Galerie De Praktijk and he is represented by Gallery Victor Armendariz.
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- CreatorJan Pieter Fokkens (Dutch)
- Creation Year2019
- DimensionsHeight: 40 in. (101.6 cm)Width: 40 in. (101.6 cm)
- More Editions & SizesEdition of 10Price: $2,800
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- Gallery LocationChicago, IL
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