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Malcolm Koch
Australia
Artist highlights
- International Exposure
- Favorited by galleries
- Featured in gallery curations
- Works on commission
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Artwork details
- Medium : Oil on Canvas
- Other details : Artwork on supported wooden frame. Ready to hang. Framing on request.
- Dimensions : 66.1x24.2in
About this artwork
One of my initial attempts at employing a curve surface to control paint flow. In this approach, the canvas remains unfixed and is moved through the air at will, allowing my vision to observe and control the paint’s flow before it is finally stretched out to a flat surface. The flow properties of the paint autumn hues, the forces of gravity applied, and the 3D structural curves of the membrane surface have all played a part in blurring the relationship…
between the observed flat picture plane and the sculptured reality of where the events occurred.
Inspired by the current scientific understanding of our universe and the way nature itself could be, Malcolm's work aims to reflect a truth about the human condition — that we are tied to a flat universe yet entangled with all its probabilities in the vastness of infinite space.
This painting can be hung in portrait or landscape. It's your choice!
Inspired by the current scientific understanding of our universe and the way nature itself could be, Malcolm's work aims to reflect a truth about the human condition — that we are tied to a flat universe yet entangled with all its probabilities in the vastness of infinite space.
This painting can be hung in portrait or landscape. It's your choice!
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. »
Australian mixed-media artist Malcolm Koch’s signature practice, "Membrane Art", explores how a single physical action made on a severely curved surface produces multiple, integrated expressions once flattened. Working across linen, synthetic membranes, and copper, Koch tightly coils or folds the medium before applying marks in the form of paint, cuts, heat, or chemical reactions. Once released and flattened, what appear as separate, disparate gestures on the plane are revealed as a single, unified action governed by the curve's geometry.
This deep focus on limitation and altered perception stems from Koch's personal history, growing up with a profoundly deaf father and a deaf-blind mother. Within this practice, restriction is transformed into capability; the physical blind spots of the curved surface do not limit the work but forge entirely new ways to construct meaning. Ultimately, the finished flat surface acts as a permanent visual archive of the memory of the curve.
This deep focus on limitation and altered perception stems from Koch's personal history, growing up with a profoundly deaf father and a deaf-blind mother. Within this practice, restriction is transformed into capability; the physical blind spots of the curved surface do not limit the work but forge entirely new ways to construct meaning. Ultimately, the finished flat surface acts as a permanent visual archive of the memory of the curve.
They bought an artwork from this artist
"We are delighted with the artwork. It has far exceeded our expectations and we were pleased with Malcolm's personal words. "
An Art Lover, purchase made in March 2025: "MA17c", Oil on Linen , 43.7x72in
Malcolm Koch
MA46
$7,990
