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Keith Coventry — Junk A
Keith Coventry

Junk A

A pristine white monochromatic painting is encased in a clinical, institutional-style frame of wood and glass, evoking the aesthetic language of minimalism and modernism. Coventry subverts this apparent purity by referencing the hidden social realities of British housing estate culture, where "junk" alludes to heroin use among marginalized communities. The work plays on the tension between the sophisticated vocabulary of fine art and the raw, desperate circumstances of urban poverty.

Medium
oil on canvas, wood, gesso and glass

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Contemporary Art Day Sale

February 15, 2013

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Keith Coventry, Junk A

A pristine white monochromatic painting is encased in a clinical, institutional-style frame of wood and glass, evoking the aesthetic language of minimalism and modernism. Coventry subverts this apparent purity by referencing the hidden social realities of British housing estate culture, where "junk" alludes to heroin use among marginalized communities. The work plays on the tension between the sophisticated vocabulary of fine art and the raw, desperate circumstances of urban poverty.

Medium
oil on canvas, wood, gesso and glass
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Deconstructed, Bold, Installation, Found Object, Mixed Media, Industrial Materials, Urban, British, Abstract, Junk Art, Gritty, Oil on Canvas, Texture, Found Objects, Contemporary

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