Mark Grotjahn: Butterfly Paintings

Mark Grotjahn: Butterfly Paintings

Mark Grotjahn's (born 1968) ongoing Butterfly series--one of several investigations into the natural world in Grotjahn's oeuvre--focuses on perspectival techniques used since the Renaissance, such as dual and multiple vanishing points, to create the illusion of depth on a two-dimensional surface. Though at first the Butterfly paintings may appear entirely formal and graphic (alluding to modernist painting from Russian Constructivism to Op art), the raylike "butterfly wings" are often layered over under-paintings, giving them texture and tonal depth. This volume, published to accompany the first exhibition of Grotjahn's butterfly paintings at Blum & Poe in New York, not only collects these arresting compositions, but also delves into the artistic contexts involved, in an essay by Douglas Fogle that discusses the history of the Butterfly works since their conception in the early 2000s.

Country	USA
Artist	Mark Grotjahn
Author	Douglas Fogle
Binding	Hardcover
Brand	Grotjahn, Mark (ART)/ Fogle, Douglas
EAN	9780966350388
Edition	y First edition
ISBN	0966350383
Label	Blum & Poe
Manufacturer	Blum & Poe
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	48
PublicationDate	2014-09-30
Publisher	Blum & Poe
Studio	Blum & Poe
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

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