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New Wave

Malcolm Koch

2024 • Australia • Oil, Wax on Metal

20 x 39 in

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Malcolm Koch

Australia

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Artwork details

Medium : Oil, Wax on Metal
Other details : Artwork on metal. Ready to hang. Framing on request.
Dimensions : 19.7x39.4in

About this artwork

A new Industrial Age is upon us, where innovations like nanotechnology and wireless electromagnetic fields (oxidised-wave) play crucial roles in the operation of mobile phones and their communication capabilities.

My art captures this era through movement, energy and controlled renders. Using mark-making techniques on curved surfaces instead of flat picture planes. Once unfurled, these abstract markings aim to reflect our natural environment and… its impact on our lives. They symbolise the effects of our modern Industrial Age, which is transforming the way we connect and communicate with one another. The contrast between the tension of a curve and the comfort of a flat plane offers a non-linear journey that challenges our perceptions, encouraging a deeper reflection on nature and its processes. Note: the controlled oxidisation render around the wave.

Oxidised copper sheet, sealed with a micro-crystalline wax. Mounted to a 3mm aluminium composite panel with a silver-acrylic mirror.

Malcolm Koch

Australia

Credentials

International Exposure
Favorited by galleries
Featured in gallery curations
Works on commission

« Membrane Art is a doorway to endless possibilities. It’s heavily dependent upon the geometric surface which underpins it, and until it's unraveled, we are blind to all possible outcomes. »

My father is profoundly deaf, and my mother is deaf and blind. Although I am able-bodied and possess painting and drawing skills, I make an artistic choice not to execute my art conventionally. I produce my art with limited visual input to achieve my artistic objectives. Painting on curved structures enables me to do this. It is a blind process that enables me to explore chance outcomes and discover complete aesthetic images. I learn from these experiences and am obligated to accept outcomes that may not be aesthetically correct, but I must tolerate them. It is who I am, and it is the only way I feel authentic to my upbringing. It reflects my interactions with the world.

This body of work, which explores the enigmatic boundary between the present and the future, from the tension inherent in a curved surface to the tranquillity of a flat plane, it invites us on a transformative, non-linear journey, encouraging deeper contemplation and meditation on our observations.

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