David Ostrowski's "F (A thing is a thing in a whole which it's not)" is a minimalist canvas characterized by his signature reductive approach, where sparse, gestural marks in oil and lacquer coexist with deliberate areas of near-emptiness. A torn or collaged fragment of paper interrupts the composition, introducing a tactile, material tension against the smooth, industrial quality of the lacquer surface. The work embodies Ostrowski's ongoing investigation into the boundaries of painting itself, questioning what a canvas can withhold rather than express.