
Corpse After Negating Visual Art Strategies (C.A.N.V.A.S.)
A deteriorating figure lies prostrate across the canvas, its form rendered in a visceral interplay of traditional oil paint and raw spray paint that seems to simultaneously construct and destroy the image. Ceulers stages a symbolic death of painting itself, with the acronym C.A.N.V.A.S. framing the work as both subject and executioner. The artist's hand-made cardboard frame reinforces the piece's interrogation of institutional value and art-world convention, positioning the work defiantly outside the boundaries of classical presentation.
- Medium
- oil, spray paint on linen, in artist's cardboard frame
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
Under the Influence
March 4, 2015
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