Etienne Chambaud Nameless, 2020
Wolf, cow and squirrel urine, bronze powder, acrylic medium and varnish on canvas
200 x 150 x 3 cm (unframed)
The material basis for the Nameless series is a mixture of medium and bronze or copper dust applied on stretched canvas. Different animal urines—squirrel, mink, wolf, coyote, zebra, bear, lama, deer, dog, puma, lynx, etc.—set randomly on the canvas oxidize the metal, thus creating motifs that alter the monochromatic background. Crystalized by the oxidation process, the sum of animal expressions become a thing without name or shape, an improbable chimera that can only be mentally reconstituted through a text listing the species.
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