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David Ostrowski — F (Terrible Truths)
David Ostrowski

F (Terrible Truths)

F (Terrible Truths) exemplifies David Ostrowski's signature reductive approach to painting, where sweeping, gestural marks in oil and lacquer interact with fragments of paper and wood across the canvas surface. The work embraces chance and restraint in equal measure, allowing raw, near-empty expanses to hold as much weight as the sparse, decisive strokes that punctuate them. Housed in the artist's own frame, the piece extends Ostrowski's investigation into the boundaries of painting as an object, questioning where the work begins and ends.

Medium
oil, lacquer, paper, wood on canvas, in artist's frame

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Under the Influence

December 10, 2014

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David Ostrowski, F (Terrible Truths)

F (Terrible Truths) exemplifies David Ostrowski's signature reductive approach to painting, where sweeping, gestural marks in oil and lacquer interact with fragments of paper and wood across the canvas surface. The work embraces chance and restraint in equal measure, allowing raw, near-empty expanses to hold as much weight as the sparse, decisive strokes that punctuate them. Housed in the artist's own frame, the piece extends Ostrowski's investigation into the boundaries of painting as an object, questioning where the work begins and ends.

Medium
oil, lacquer, paper, wood on canvas, in artist's frame
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

German Artist, Contemplative Mood, Male Artist, Mixed Media, Abstract Painting, Contemporary Artist, Muted Tones, Sparse Composition, Abstract Expressionism, Gestural Abstraction, 21st Century, Minimalist Style

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