Andrew Grassie Bridge 1, Bridge 2, Bridge 3, 2020
Tempera on paper on board
14,8 x 18,8 cm (image) each, 3 parts
31,1 x 35,2 x 3 cm (famed) each, 3 parts
This set includes two works from a new body of work Andrew Grassie developed for his exhibition Still Frame at Esther Schipper in 2020: Bridge 1, Bridge 2 and Bridge 3.
The new body of work explores images from the artist’s image archive, among them decades old snapshots associated with personal memories, tied to a specific place, a moment in time. Andrew Grassie chose motifs that had held his attention for reasons he could not always explain: photos from his image archive, sometimes many decades old and exuding a vague awkwardness, became sources for these works.
Each image of this series can be traced to a specific moment, often specific visual phenomena, remembered by the artist for personal and/or artistic reasons.
The intimately scaled, precisely painted works are executed in tempera, a painting technique associated with pre-Renaissance panel paintings anteceding the development of oil paint.
The new body of work explores images from the artist’s image archive, among them decades old snapshots associated with personal memories, tied to a specific place, a moment in time. Andrew Grassie chose motifs that had held his attention for reasons he could not always explain: photos from his image archive, sometimes many decades old and exuding a vague awkwardness, became sources for these works.
Each image of this series can be traced to a specific moment, often specific visual phenomena, remembered by the artist for personal and/or artistic reasons.
The intimately scaled, precisely painted works are executed in tempera, a painting technique associated with pre-Renaissance panel paintings anteceding the development of oil paint.
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