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JPW3 — BFHP
JPW3

BFHP

2015

BFHP presents a commanding field of wax and ink transfer on canvas, measuring an imposing 213 by 152 centimeters. JPW3 deploys encaustic-adjacent methods to build a surface that is simultaneously industrial and intimate, the translucency of wax trapping and diffusing ink in ways that resist clean categorization. The result occupies a compelling space between painting, print, and object, inviting sustained attention to the tension between material opacity and luminous depth. JPW3, the working name of James Webb, is known for an investigation of language, communication, and the mechanisms by which meaning is constructed or withheld. In BFHP, the ink transfer process introduces text or image fragments that feel partially excavated rather than fully declared, consistent with the artist's broader concern with the threshold between transmission and noise. The wax layer acts as both medium and interference, preserving while also obscuring, so that the work performs its subject rather than simply depicting it. Signed and dating from 2015, a productive period in the artist's development of this technique, BFHP is available through Galerie Nagel Draxler and represents a substantive acquisition for collectors interested in conceptually grounded painting that holds genuine material presence. The absence of framing is in keeping with the work's direct, unmediated physicality, and the large format ensures it commands significant visual authority within any serious collection context.

Medium
Wax with ink transfer on canvas
Overall
Signed
Yes

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JPW3, BFHP, 2015

BFHP presents a commanding field of wax and ink transfer on canvas, measuring an imposing 213 by 152 centimeters. JPW3 deploys encaustic-adjacent methods to build a surface that is simultaneously industrial and intimate, the translucency of wax trapping and diffusing ink in ways that resist clean categorization. The result occupies a compelling space between painting, print, and object, inviting sustained attention to the tension between material opacity and luminous depth. JPW3, the working name of James Webb, is known for an investigation of language, communication, and the mechanisms by which meaning is constructed or withheld. In BFHP, the ink transfer process introduces text or image fragments that feel partially excavated rather than fully declared, consistent with the artist's broader concern with the threshold between transmission and noise. The wax layer acts as both medium and interference, preserving while also obscuring, so that the work performs its subject rather than simply depicting it. Signed and dating from 2015, a productive period in the artist's development of this technique, BFHP is available through Galerie Nagel Draxler and represents a substantive acquisition for collectors interested in conceptually grounded painting that holds genuine material presence. The absence of framing is in keeping with the work's direct, unmediated physicality, and the large format ensures it commands significant visual authority within any serious collection context.

Medium
Wax with ink transfer on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 213 x 152 cm
Year
2015
Signed
Hand-signed by the artist
Seen at
Galerie Nagel Draxler

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