
After Ascension
2014
"After Ascension" by John Knuth is a striking work rendered in acrylic and flyspeck on canvas, reflecting the artist's signature process of collaborating with houseflies to create intricate, stippled surfaces. The piece evokes themes of transformation and transcendence, with the organic marks left by the flies forming a luminous, almost celestial texture across the canvas. Knuth's unconventional method blurs the boundary between human intention and natural process, resulting in a meditation on life, decay, and spiritual elevation.
- Medium
- acrylic and flyspeck on canvas
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
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April 6, 2017
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