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David Ostrowski — F (Dann lieber nein), 2013
David Ostrowski

F (Dann lieber nein), 2013

2013

A minimalist composition by David Ostrowski, *F (Dann lieber nein)* features sparse, gestural marks of oil and lacquer applied with deliberate restraint across a largely bare cotton canvas. The work embodies Ostrowski's signature approach of embracing emptiness and the aesthetics of failure, where thin, casual strokes and subtle smears exist in tension with the vast unpainted surface surrounding them. The result is a meditation on reduction and the limits of painting itself.

Medium
oil, lacquer and cotton on canvas

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David Ostrowski, F (Dann lieber nein), 2013, 2013

A minimalist composition by David Ostrowski, *F (Dann lieber nein)* features sparse, gestural marks of oil and lacquer applied with deliberate restraint across a largely bare cotton canvas. The work embodies Ostrowski's signature approach of embracing emptiness and the aesthetics of failure, where thin, casual strokes and subtle smears exist in tension with the vast unpainted surface surrounding them. The result is a meditation on reduction and the limits of painting itself.

Medium
oil, lacquer and cotton on canvas
Year
2013
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

German Artist, Muted Palette, Male Artist, Oil And Lacquer, Abstract Painting, Contemporary Artist, Canvas, Reductive Abstraction, Large Format, 21st Century, Minimalism

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