F (A Thing Is A Thing A Whole Which It's Not)
2012
David Ostrowski's large-scale canvas embodies his signature minimalist approach, where sparse gestures of acrylic and lacquer wash across an expansive field of near-emptiness. A delicate fragment of paper interrupts the surface, grounding the work in a quiet tension between material presence and deliberate absence. The piece reflects Ostrowski's ongoing interrogation of painting's own limitations, inviting the viewer to confront what a painting can be when reduced to its most essential — and most uncertain — terms.
- Medium
- acrylic, lacquer and paper on canvas
- Location
- Phillips, Salt Lake City, UT
- Spotted At
- Auction House · PhillipsView on map
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December 8, 2016
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Günther Förg
German · b. 1952
Förg worked with large format canvases employing reductive gestures and spare compositions that interrogate the fundamental conditions of painting, closely mirroring Ostrowski's stripped back approach and muted tonal fields.
Raoul De Keyser
Belgian · b. 1930
De Keyser's quietly understated abstract canvases share Ostrowski's emphasis on deliberate absence, sparse mark making, and the tension between minimal gesture and open pictorial space.
Sergej Jensen
Danish · b. 1973
Jensen creates reductive abstract works on unconventional textile supports where material presence and near emptiness coexist, sharing Ostrowski's conceptual interrogation of painting's limits and his use of sparse, restrained compositions.
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