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Steven Parrino — My Relationship
Steven Parrino

My Relationship

1982

A monochromatic field of black acrylic paint is disrupted by a deliberate, visceral slumping or twisting of the canvas, warping the flat picture plane into a three-dimensional, almost collapsed form. Parrino's work challenges the conventions of painting by treating the canvas itself as both subject and sculptural object, evoking themes of failure, entropy, and resistance. The title *My Relationship* infuses the work with a darkly sardonic autobiographical tension, suggesting dysfunction and distortion as emotional states made physically manifest.

Medium
acrylic on canvas

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October 5, 2017

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Steven Parrino, My Relationship, 1982

A monochromatic field of black acrylic paint is disrupted by a deliberate, visceral slumping or twisting of the canvas, warping the flat picture plane into a three-dimensional, almost collapsed form. Parrino's work challenges the conventions of painting by treating the canvas itself as both subject and sculptural object, evoking themes of failure, entropy, and resistance. The title *My Relationship* infuses the work with a darkly sardonic autobiographical tension, suggesting dysfunction and distortion as emotional states made physically manifest.

Medium
acrylic on canvas
Year
1982
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Dark Mood, Neo-Punk, Abstract Art, Monochrome, Deconstructed Painting, Underground Artist, Acrylic On Canvas, Minimalist, Male Artist, Gestural Painting, Neo-Punk Aesthetic, Distorted Canvas, American Artist, Abstract Expressionism, Cult Figure, Gestural Abstraction, Abstraction, Late 20th Century, Contemporary Art, Monochromatic, Avant-Garde Artist

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