Restored Painting #4
1987
A richly layered oil painting that appears weathered and aged, as if recovered from neglect or damage, with areas of the composition deliberately obscured, cracked, or worn away. Kopystiansky plays with the tension between preservation and deterioration, inviting viewers to contemplate what has been lost and what remains. The work challenges conventional notions of artistic authorship and value by presenting restoration itself as a creative act.
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
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December 8, 2016
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