
BucketStampBBBB
2016
BucketStampBBBB (2016) presents JPW3's signature fusion of industrial process and painterly intuition, rendered in wax and dye on canvas at a vertical format of approximately 122 by 66 centimetres. The work belongs to a body of practice in which the artist employs unconventional application methods, using tools and gestures drawn from everyday utility rather than traditional fine art conventions. The result is a surface that reads simultaneously as systematic and spontaneous, with layers of translucent wax trapping chromatic dye in configurations that resist easy categorization between painting and print. JPW3, based in New York, has developed a reputation for work that interrogates how mark-making can carry both conceptual weight and physical presence. In BucketStampBBBB, the repetition embedded in the title signals a deliberate engagement with seriality, rhythm, and accumulation, qualities that are visually legible in the finished piece as a kind of tempo made material. The wax medium contributes an unusual optical depth, allowing light to interact with the surface in ways that shift depending on viewing conditions and proximity. The work is signed and offered through the Rema Hort Mann Foundation Benefit Auction, providing collectors with both provenance clarity and the added context of acquisition through a respected arts philanthropy platform. A certificate of authenticity is available upon request. This is an opportunity to acquire a cohesive example of JPW3's process-driven practice from a particularly productive period in the artist's development.
- Medium
- Wax and dye on canvas
- Overall
- Signed
- Yes
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