A Painterly Composition of Transitory Images Occupying a Space Between the Print and Photographic Worlds. By Erik Sulander

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Original oil painting in corrugated board, post-modernism in black and white by Erik Sulander, signed on reverse. Artistic description: In … Read more Original oil painting in corrugated board, post-modernism in black and white by Erik Sulander, signed on reverse. Artistic description: In its austerity and restraint, the work aligns with traditions of Minimalism and post-painterly abstraction, yet it carries affinities with photography, printmaking, and even architectural blueprint. Its evocation of shadow-play situates it in dialogue with artists who probe perception and absence, such as Robert Rauschenberg’s transfer drawings, or the spatial ambiguity in works by James Turrell and Barnett Newman. Ultimately, the piece is less a depiction than an index—a registration of unseen forces, where light and material collaborate to produce a quietly haunting visual field. See less