“These kinks replicate an idea of gesture for me. They are strikes or marks across the surface of a pattern, similar to a brushstroke, but arrived at in a pattern that invokes digital files, industrial processes, and ultimately a failure in application.” Ned Vena

Ned Vena's work features Rustoleum flat white enamel applied to linen stretched over plywood, creating a surface where deliberate kinks and strikes disrupt an otherwise structured pattern. These marks function as a reimagined form of gesture, evoking the spontaneity of a brushstroke while simultaneously referencing digital processes and industrial production. The result is a tension between control and failure, where the breakdown in application becomes the defining visual and conceptual language of the piece.