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Eberhard Havekost — Geist 3, BO6
Eberhard Havekost

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

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Contemporary Day Sale

July 3, 2014

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Eberhard Havekost, 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
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Atmospheric, Painterly, Muted Tones, Expressive, Gestural, Modern, German, Abstract, Oil on Canvas, Contemporary

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