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Matias Faldbakken โ€” plastic bag, print, black marker
Matias Faldbakken

plastic bag, print, black marker

A crumpled plastic bag serves as the unlikely canvas for this raw, minimal work, its translucent surface marked with bold strokes of black marker. Faldbakken embraces the disposable and the mundane, elevating discarded consumer detritus into a charged artistic gesture. The tension between the bag's fragile impermanence and the deliberate permanence of the printed and hand-drawn marks speaks to themes of waste, value, and cultural refuse.

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Contemporary Art Day Sale

October 15, 2015

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Matias Faldbakken, plastic bag, print, black marker

A crumpled plastic bag serves as the unlikely canvas for this raw, minimal work, its translucent surface marked with bold strokes of black marker. Faldbakken embraces the disposable and the mundane, elevating discarded consumer detritus into a charged artistic gesture. The tension between the bag's fragile impermanence and the deliberate permanence of the printed and hand-drawn marks speaks to themes of waste, value, and cultural refuse.

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Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Minimalist Aesthetic, Minimalist, Male Artist, Found Object, Provocative Mood, Conceptual Art, Found Object Art, Contemporary Artist, Provocative Tone, Norwegian Male Artist, Print Medium, Everyday Objects, Emerging Contemporary, Norwegian Artist, Contemporary Art, Monochromatic, Text-Based Art, Black and White, Print Media

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