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Malcolm Koch
Australia
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- International Exposure
- Favorited by galleries
- Featured in gallery curations
- Works on commission
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Artwork details
- Medium : Oil on Linen
- Other details : Artwork on supported wooden frame. Ready to hang. Framing on request.
- Dimensions : 55.1x67.3in
About this artwork
Ten colors, representing the variety of life, repeated 26 times, symbolising iron, a universal biodiversity idea, ie, every element wants to be iron or decays to be iron - the high point of a star. Each colour has been poured onto a fixed undulating membrane and left to dry.
Membrane Art (MA) is an aesthetic concept that I have been developing over the past twenty years. It starts with a loose, unframed membrane, where the surface geometry contributes… to creating distinct expressions and unfolding events. The curvatures mimic the natural world and contain multidimensional values. However, the idea is only complete when the membrane is unraveled and the results are revealed on the 2D picture plane. This creates the human visual experience, serving as a metaphor for how we perceive the world.
Oil on Belgian linen.
Membrane Art (MA) is an aesthetic concept that I have been developing over the past twenty years. It starts with a loose, unframed membrane, where the surface geometry contributes… to creating distinct expressions and unfolding events. The curvatures mimic the natural world and contain multidimensional values. However, the idea is only complete when the membrane is unraveled and the results are revealed on the 2D picture plane. This creates the human visual experience, serving as a metaphor for how we perceive the world.
Oil on Belgian linen.
Malcolm Koch
Australia
« 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.
Credentials
- International Exposure
- Favorited by galleries
- Featured in gallery curations
- Works on commission
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
Twenty Six
$15,880
