Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 3
Jan Maarten VoskuilCut In Greys2022
2022
About the Item
b. 1964, Arnhem
Jan Maarten Voskuil stretches his paintings into the third dimension. His crafted, partly curved wooden constructions are based on simple geometric principles: the circle, the square, and the rectangle. He stretches the frames with linen and usually paints them in monochrome colors. With a minimum of means, he manages to develop a broad spectrum with his work whereby he partly stands in the tradition of the constructive, minimal, and concrete art of the twentieth century. His work is labeled as spatial object, sculpture, autonomous design or even architecture. He himself consistently continues to call the work painting because his frame of reference is painting. Spatial or not, “It remains paint on canvas, and deals with the limitations of the flat surface,” he argues. “Conversely, you would call Carl Andre’s work sculpture even though it’s mostly flat, wouldn’t you?”
Still, there is something to be said for seeing in Voskuil not just a painter. Over the years, his ingenious stretchers have become primarily modular constructions, which can sometimes be assembled in various ways. This makes him not only a painter but also a “builder” of paintings, which brings him very close to architecture. In his latest series of works the exploration of space is accompanied by the (re)introduction of emptiness into the painting. The modules are no longer connected to each other. Although this disintegration already made its appearance in the series Dynamic Monochromes, from 2012 onwards, in the form of indentations between the modules, this in-between space is now much more thematized.
- Creator:Jan Maarten Voskuil (1964, Dutch)
- Creation Year:2022
- Dimensions:Height: 23.75 in (60.33 cm)Width: 23.75 in (60.33 cm)Depth: 2.5 in (6.35 cm)
- Medium:
- Movement & Style:
- Period:
- Condition:
- Gallery Location:Phoenix, AZ
- Reference Number:
About the Seller
5.0
Gold Seller
These expertly vetted sellers are highly rated and consistently exceed customer expectations.
Established in 1984
1stDibs seller since 2012
61 sales on 1stDibs
- ShippingRetrieving quote...Ships From: Phoenix, AZ
- Return PolicyA return for this item may be initiated within 3 days of delivery.
More From This SellerView All
- Mobile Exhibition Unit - Part IIBy Jan Maarten VoskuilLocated in Phoenix, AZb. 1964, Arnhem Jan Maarten Voskuil stretches his paintings into the third dimension. His crafted, partly curved wooden constructions are based on simple geometric principles: the c...Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Sculptures
MaterialsLinen, Acrylic
- Cuts In WhiteBy Jan Maarten VoskuilLocated in Phoenix, AZb. 1964, Arnhem Jan Maarten Voskuil stretches his paintings into the third dimension. His crafted, partly curved wooden constructions are based on simple geometric principles: the c...Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Sculptures
MaterialsLinen, Acrylic
- The Alphabet of Silly ColorsBy Jan Maarten VoskuilLocated in Phoenix, AZb. 1964, Arnhem Jan Maarten Voskuil stretches his paintings into the third dimension. His crafted, partly curved wooden constructions are based on simple geometric principles: the c...Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Sculptures
MaterialsLinen, Acrylic
- The Skies of Sky #1 (black)By Louise BlytonLocated in Phoenix, AZb. Melbourne, Australia Louise Blyton is a reductive artist exploring the romance of raw linen and dry pigment. The artist’s geometrically shaped canvas...Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Sculptures
MaterialsLinen, Acrylic
- The Skies of Sky #3 (white)By Louise BlytonLocated in Phoenix, AZb. Melbourne, Australia Louise Blyton is a reductive artist exploring the romance of raw linen and dry pigment. The artist’s geometrically shaped canvases explore color, light, and form through the visual language of Reductivism, an aesthetic style characterized by streamlined compositions, restricted color, and a reduction of form and means. Identifying with Reductivism’s simplicity, Blyton’s shaped canvases and three-dimensional wall sculptures elevate craftsmanship and process, achieving a compositional clarity that unifies color and form. To construct her works, Blyton covers custom built balsa wood stretchers with raw linen, adorning them with layers of pure pigment or acrylic paint. Each pigment reacts differently to raw linen and requires a specific number of coats to reach the artist’s desired level of saturation. As the artist explains, “I’m always looking for a kind of quietness and harmony when making my works even if the color being used is loud.” The artist creates her own spatial dimension by manipulating the shape of the canvas, which escapes from the flat surface of the wall, confusing its role as a painting. “Rather than responding to the architecture they ask particular attributes of the building to act as support,” as some works appear to climb the surface of the walls, while others straddle columns and corners. Louise Blyton lives and works in Melbourne, Australia. She graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Art at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia in 1988. Her works are held in significant corporate and private collections in Australia, China, France, United Kingdom, Portugal, and the United States. Since 2000, Blyton has run an artist supply store called, St. Luke Artist Colourman, which specializes in professional paint and raw materials, with her husband David Coles.Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Sculptures
MaterialsLinen, Acrylic
- The Skies of Sky #2 (blue)By Louise BlytonLocated in Phoenix, AZb. Melbourne, Australia Louise Blyton is a reductive artist exploring the romance of raw linen and dry pigment. The artist’s geometrically shaped canvases explore color, light, and form through the visual language of Reductivism, an aesthetic style characterized by streamlined compositions, restricted color, and a reduction of form and means. Identifying with Reductivism’s simplicity, Blyton’s shaped canvases and three-dimensional wall sculptures elevate craftsmanship and process, achieving a compositional clarity that unifies color and form. To construct her works, Blyton covers custom built balsa wood stretchers with raw linen, adorning them with layers of pure pigment or acrylic paint. Each pigment reacts differently to raw linen and requires a specific number of coats to reach the artist’s desired level of saturation. As the artist explains, “I’m always looking for a kind of quietness and harmony when making my works even if the color being used is loud.” The artist creates her own spatial dimension by manipulating the shape of the canvas, which escapes from the flat surface of the wall, confusing its role as a painting. “Rather than responding to the architecture they ask particular attributes of the building to act as support,” as some works appear to climb the surface of the walls, while others straddle columns and corners. Louise Blyton lives and works in Melbourne, Australia. She graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Art at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia in 1988. Her works are held in significant corporate and private collections in Australia, China, France, United Kingdom, Portugal, and the United States. Since 2000, Blyton has run an artist supply store called, St. Luke Artist Colourman, which specializes in professional paint and raw materials, with her husband David Coles.Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Sculptures
MaterialsLinen, Acrylic
You May Also Like
- EQUIVALENCE 118- Acrylic on cut Linen - Abstract Geometric PaintingBy Linda King FergusonLocated in Signal Mountain, TNThis painting on cut linen canvas by Linda King Ferguson depicts a diamond shaped canvas that is color-blocked into three main sections. The topmost triangular portion of the canvas ...Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
MaterialsLinen, Acrylic
- VERSO EQUIVALENCE 1 - acrylic, staples, pine wood, cut linen -Abstract geometricBy Linda King FergusonLocated in Signal Mountain, TNThis painting by Linda King Ferguson is part of her equivalence series, which began as a feminist project; works that subvert the historically male gaze and a material language speaking of gendered concerns. While typically, King Ferguson paints both sides of the canvas and cuts a flap on the the frontside to reveal the color of the back of the canvas, she unexpectedly does the opposite here. The painting is hung from the "frontside" of the canvas, revealing to us the raw edges of her linen canvas, stapled to the stretchers. Two oblong shapes of pink and red dominate the center of the painting. A thin semioval cut has been made inside of both of these shapes. Her color choices first came from Helen Molesworth’s essay, Painting With Ambivalence, published in WACK! Art of the Feminist Revolution. The Essay includes a large reproduction of Mary Heilmann’s 1979 painting...Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
MaterialsMetal
- UNTITLED SCULPTURAL PAINTING -Abstract Oil & Acrylic on Linen, Pink, Orange, TanBy Linda King FergusonLocated in Signal Mountain, TNLinda King Ferguson describes her "Equivalence Series" as social bodies; a re-thinking of Modernist figurative abstraction. They are a discursive formal and reductive language. As fi...Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Sculptures
MaterialsLinen, Acrylic
- Number 26, Vertebrate Companion Series, 2012, acrylic on canvas, wall sculptureBy George GoodridgeLocated in Jersey City, NJAcrylic on 3-D stretched canvas, dimensions listed for piece as shown. Dimensions are variable depending on hanging formation. Wall sculpture, white, red, and gray.Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Wood, Acrylic
- Waves of Contentment 2, 2019, acrylic, resin on 3-D stretched canvas, sculptureBy George GoodridgeLocated in Jersey City, NJAcrylic and resin on 3-D stretched canvas. Sculpture, blue, green, orange. Abstract, biomorphic.Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Resin, Wood, Acrylic
- Waves of Contentment 1, 2019, acrylic, resin on 3-D stretched canvas, sculptureBy George GoodridgeLocated in Jersey City, NJAcrylic and resin on 3-D stretched canvas. Sculpture, blue, green, orange. Abstract, biomorphic.Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Wood, Acrylic, Resin
Recently Viewed
View AllMore Ways To Browse
Grey Architectural
Minimal Geometric Sculpture
Modular Sculpture
Geometric Modular
Painted Wooden Sculpture On Stand
Abstract Concrete Geometric Sculptures
Andre Carl
Long Rectangle Concrete
Wall Sculpture Contemporary Black
Plexi Sculpture
Abstract Geometric Wood Sculpture
Body Wall Sculpture
Contemporary Abstract Bronze Sculptures
Monumental Abstract Sculpture
Abstract Colorful Sculpture
Perception Sculpture
Wooden Sculpture Contemporary
Large Outdoor Art