From the "Layers of Color" series that I started in 2015, I have been pursuing paintings that are purely visual phenomena, where I am free from the structure of figurative motifs.
This work is the fifteenth since the beginning of 2016, and the twenty-fourth in the series in total.
Like the previous two works, "1613" and "1614," this work was also completed after constructing a "default screen" and then free painting and scraping. As a result, these three works have become like three brothers.
This "1615" has two features.
The use of colors is different from its siblings, "1613" and "1614.
The vector of movement felt throughout the screen is a mixture of both vertical and horizontal directions.
Let me explain the "default screen.
I project partial images of my other works onto the canvas and transfer them as black-and-white line drawings, tracing, changing, and omitting them based on my improvisational judgment. The initial group of layers that I call the "default screen" are depicted with acrylic paint along the line drawing and given a random thickness.
From my experience of creating the series so far, I have found that
I had the feeling that for works of medium size and larger, the power and density of the final image would be enhanced if some kind of image was prepared as a default screen with a certain thickness, rather than just a free brush stroke.
I first tried it in my previous work "1613". The effect was as expected, so I used the same method for "1614" and "1615".
(The design of the "default screen" is changed for each work.)
After the canvas is carefully prepped with a ground coat on both the front and back, more than 20 layers of paint, both partial and solid, are applied to the screen side as a depiction. Then, I grind the canvas with water-resistant sandpaper while spraying water on it.
The work is done on a temporary board, and after it is completed, it is cleaned and dried before being stretched on a wooden frame, so there are no problems with production or hygiene, and the quality of the matiere characteristics and colors can be maintained. The screen is machined so that it is smooth and can be wiped clean with a dish towel.
One of the characteristics of painting is to take advantage of the "multilayered magic".
A scene that can only exist through paint on its support. Painting as a physical crystal.
In 1999, I found a way to do this that was in line with my desires from the time I started my career.
Since then, I have been pursuing the possibilities of painting with the consistent technique and matière of "layering and grinding acrylic paint.
