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MERNET LARSEN, Diver (after El Lissitzky), 2019
MERNET LARSEN, Diver (after El Lissitzky), 2019
MERNET LARSEN, Diver (after El Lissitzky), 2019 El Lissitzky, "Proun 23, Nr. 6" 1919

Diver (after El Lissitzky), 2019

Acrylic on Bristol paper
19 x 24 in
48.3 x 61 cm
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In this study, geometric abstraction becomes an entry-point for Mernet Larsen's playful upheaval of the spatial conventions of representation. Based on an El Lissitzky composition from 1919, central to this...
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In this study, geometric abstraction becomes an entry-point for Mernet Larsen's playful upheaval of the spatial conventions of representation. Based on an El Lissitzky composition from 1919, central to this work is Larsen's treatment of the source-drawing's lines and abstract forms as a Rorschach: free-associative parameters for a process of gradually building out layers of geometric planes to construct figurative forms in space. The resulting study depicts a familiar beach scene with a diving board and lifeguard tower, transformed here into an ambiguous, horizon-less space.
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