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Artwork details
- Medium : Acrylic, Oil on Canvas
- Other details : Artwork on supported wooden frame. Ready to hang. Framing on request.
- Dimensions : 23.6x23.6in
About this artwork
Peter Vahlefeld is interested in investigating the tangibility of printed matter with iconographically-charged motifs—he counteracts them because they are meant to be understood as a code. If you want to make a point about the meaninglessness of an image, you have to find a strong image to challenge it. Thin… pages of art magazines and their advertisements are covered with oil paint, then digitized, reworked on the computer, blown up and printed out to be mounted on canvas. The pigment prints are then covered with paint again and parts of it are sanded into abstract veils, exposing hints of the underlying printed matter. This way Peter Vahlefeld keeps our curiosity alive while he manages to produce almost entirely new objects that recharge the existing ones.
Peter Vahlefeld
Germany
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Credentials
- International Exposure
- Art Fair Participant
- Prizewinner
- Favorited by galleries
- Featured in gallery curations
- Works on commission
« In my work, I deal with pictures that already exist and liberate them from their originally intended narration and function. »
Peter Vahlefeld has participated in many solo exhibitions in Germany as well as in annual art fairs such as Art Karlsruhe.