THE GAP – Abstract Art from Belgium. A Selection. Curator: Luc Tuymans
Polarisation paintings 10 steps and 11 steps , 2014-2015
Mixed Media
, 42 x 94.5 cm and 42 x 79.6 cm
Spray painted lacquer and varnish on eight aluminium panels
This immaculate surface, which is shiny and also shows a dégradés, has colour variations, made in steps. It appears to be made production-wise, with a highly technical device, but in fact is handmade. It's car-lacquer that is painstakingly mixed by hand and applied segment by segment. The work reflects, as mirrors do, but it also reflects in a way that creates another space. Boy & Erik Stappaerts explaines the use of colour goes back to the Old Masters: blue is the sky, reds are the garments, beige is the skin tone, and greys and black are the contrasts.
