
Geist 3, BO6
A meticulously rendered figure appears partially obscured or dissolving into the composition, reflecting Havekost's signature approach of translating photographic source material into cool, detached oil painting. The work plays with perception and presence, evoking a sense of ghostliness or surveillance through its flattened, screen-like surface quality. Havekost's precise yet unsettling handling of paint challenges the boundary between mechanical image reproduction and traditional painterly expression.
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
Contemporary Day Sale
July 3, 2014
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