Join The Collection to save, track, and explore works like this.

Callum Innes — Exposed Painting, Bluish Grey
Callum Innes

Exposed Painting, Bluish Grey

A luminous field of bluish grey oil paint dominates this contemplative work by Scottish artist Callum Innes, its surface bearing the ghostly traces of pigment partially dissolved and removed through the artist's signature process of applying and then washing away paint with turpentine. The resulting composition reveals layers of exposure and erasure, where remnants of color bleed softly into the raw linen ground, creating a meditation on absence and presence. The work embodies Innes's ongoing dialogue between mark-making and obliteration, inviting quiet reflection on the transient nature of color and form.

Medium
oil on linen

🔨 Auction Lot

Contemporary Art Day Sale

June 30, 2015

Start the Discussion

Request access to join the discussion

About this work

Callum Innes, Exposed Painting, Bluish Grey

A luminous field of bluish grey oil paint dominates this contemplative work by Scottish artist Callum Innes, its surface bearing the ghostly traces of pigment partially dissolved and removed through the artist's signature process of applying and then washing away paint with turpentine. The resulting composition reveals layers of exposure and erasure, where remnants of color bleed softly into the raw linen ground, creating a meditation on absence and presence. The work embodies Innes's ongoing dialogue between mark-making and obliteration, inviting quiet reflection on the transient nature of color and form.

Medium
oil on linen
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Monochrome, Conceptual, Minimalist, Scottish, Expressive, Oil On Linen, Modern, Abstract, Contemporary, Gray

More works by Callum Innes