Breathe (2017) Sculpture par Kristopher Lionel

Christopher Brown. 'Breath'. 2017. Oil on Paper Glued to Panel, Epoxy, Tiger Maple. 24 x 82.5 inches.

'Breathe' is a wall sculpture consisting of five panels created as a single work to be shown horizontally (panels 1-5) from left to right that visually ebb and flow like breath. In these works I inset dots and circles of colored epoxy paste into clear layers of epoxy resin. The dots and circles are physically inset into the clear epoxy coats so that they literally float in front of and cast shadows behind onto fields of red oil paint. The placement of the dots and circles and the use of saturated color compliments, induce a visual back and forth undulating movement within the pieces. Each of the five panels plays off of the others sequentially resulting in a perceived surging and receding motion back and forth and side to side across the work.

'Breathe' is part of a series of works titled 'Dots and Ethereal Structures' in which I approached painting as sculpture. In painting, it's conventionally accepted that paint and other mediums are applied directly to the surface of a work. As a sculptor, with a sculptor's a point of view, I was interested in taking a different tack. I decided to apply paint not just to the surface of the work, but also to physically place/float color and shape in front of the surface; I achieved this by insetting pigmented epoxy into heavy clear-coats of catalyzed epoxy finish. Color, atmospheric effect, perspective, and material use, were employed throughout this series to find visual tensions that are created when that which is physically real and tangible is juxtaposed with the imaginary, and illusory. The pieces from 'Dots and Ethereal Structures' are about how space and depth (both real and fictitious), as well as visual movement and energy (achieved through color and perspective), combine to create expressive works.

For 'Breathe', dots of color were set into clear epoxy coats where they float in front of atmospheric fields of red to create the illusion of space, of shapes suspended in air. A close look will reveal that these dots and circles cast actual, real shadows onto the surfaces behind them. Each of the five panels comprising 'Breathe' is mounted on a french cleat designed to hold it it a half inch away from the wall creating the appearance that the entire piece is floating, further emphasizing the sculptural physicality of the work.

The works from 'Dots and Ethereal Structures' were informed by Abstract Expressionism. The pieces in this grouping are not rooted in, nor do they mirror, translate, or represent, objective reality. Free from objective subject, color, line, atmosphere, perspective and material were used for aesthetic reasons, to create visually compelling, evocative artworks.

Each piece is 24 x 15.75 inches and features a tiger maple "frame" that is an integrated/joined part of the work that can not be removed. The painting is varnished in a heavy coat of gloss epoxy resin. *Arrives with hanging brackets and hardware.

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