Smudge
2009
Mark Flood's "Smudge" is an acrylic on canvas work that embodies the artist's signature blend of irreverence and painterly experimentation. The piece plays with gesture and imperfection, evoking a sense of deliberate casualness that challenges traditional notions of craft and finish. Flood's signature wit and subversive sensibility are embedded in the work's raw, unpolished energy.
- Medium
- acrylic on canvas
- Location
- Phillips, Salt Lake City, UT
- Spotted At
- Auction House · PhillipsView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale
March 10, 2017
Artists in conversation
Albert Oehlen
German · b. 1954
Oehlen similarly employs gestural, irreverent brushwork on canvas that deliberately subverts traditional painterly craft, embracing imperfection and raw surface energy with a provocative, anti-establishment sensibility closely aligned with Flood's smudged, casual aesthetic.
Charline von Heyl
German · b. 1960
Von Heyl's abstract acrylic paintings share Flood's commitment to experimental surface texture, muted and disrupted tonal relationships, and a deliberately unresolved compositional approach that prizes process and imperfection over polished finish.
Sergej Jensen
Danish · b. 1973
Jensen's minimalist abstract works embrace smudge effects, raw surface qualities, and a deliberately understated gestural language that mirrors Flood's interest in casualness, muted tones, and the subversion of conventional painterly expectations.
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