Contemporary "Fireplace" by Nino Mier

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Original work by renowned painter and gallerist Nino Mier (https://www.miergallery.com)

Latex and enamel on stretched canvas. Squint and you can … Read more Original work by renowned painter and gallerist Nino Mier (https://www.miergallery.com)

Latex and enamel on stretched canvas. Squint and you can read the following words: "THIS PAINTING WAS MEANT TO BE DISPLAYED ABOVE THE FIREPLACE"

Nino Mier with his provocative medium and subject matter speaks volumes about the beauty of the written word while whispering manufactured media irony. His paintings allow the audience to interact with his pieces not only by touch but inviting them to cryptanalyze.

Mier works with Industrial Liquid Latex and enamel paint, which is very much a reflection of his obsession with the bitter-sweet, a sentiment which manifests itself in pop cultural imagery and references, as well as his own childhood and memories. His use of pre-stretched canvas demonstrates the industrial and raw qualities of the work, while the heavy brushstrokes imbue the work with a unique tactile pleasure. Mier’s focus is on the naïve, the infantile and the pure, juxtaposed with the often-harsh relationship between memory and the present. Mier’s paintings are to be touched in order to fully understand, or attempt to understand the roots of the work.

36w x 48h x 1.5d

Originally purchased from Gibson in Los Angeles for $4500 in 2007 See less