Description
In Space VIII – wire loops over copper and white
Painting on canvas weaves loops of raised metallic grey across a copper, white and brown ground, and those loops enclose five planes of very different colour: abstract painting built as much by modelling as by brushwork, since the wire here is formed rather than drawn.
Technique and texture
The wire is not painted at all — it was raised out of the paint itself and then burnished to a metallic sheen, and it can be felt with a fingertip. Beneath it the ground was built in dense overlapping layers and rubbed back in places to a paler one below. A tuft of silver spikes on the left edge was modelled spike by spike and stands off the canvas like a bundle of needles.
The motif
The planes inside the loops are handled differently one from the next: a cold blue-grey drop at the upper left, a reddish brown oval under it, and an orange-red oval on the right split by a vertical slit of light. A floral rosette is pressed into the paint in the upper left corner and is the only ornament in a picture that is otherwise geometry. The loops cross one another and never once close a full circle.
Setting and placement
The relief stands so high that side light gives the painting its own shadows, and it changes as the day moves. Put it where that will be seen — a foyer, a study, a living room with contemporary furniture.
- Technique: hand-painted painting on canvas, modelled and burnished wire loops, rubbed-back layers, modelled silver spikes
- Palette: copper, white, brown, orange-red, blue grey
- Ideal for: foyers, studies, living rooms
- Character: material, tactile, contemporary
Choose the size that suits your wall.
In Space VIII: sizes, stretcher and delivery
In Space VIII is painted in 17 landscape sizes, from 45 x 30 to 260 x 175 cm. Let the loops of metallic wire over the copper ground reach across two thirds of the furniture below. A 200 cm sofa suits 140 x 93 cm, a bed 160–180 cm wide 120 x 80 cm, a dining table 110 x 73 cm, and a long hallway 70 x 47 cm.
The wire in In Space VIII is not drawn but raised out of the paint and burnished to a sheen, and the tuft of silver spikes is hand-painted spike by spike, so this painting is not printed. Pick YES under Stretcher and the canvas with its five planes comes stretched on a wooden stretcher, ready to hang. A frame for In Space VIII is optional, and the Frame menu begins at Without frame. Delivery takes 15–45 days.
Questions about In Space VIII
Which size of In Space VIII goes above a sofa?
Above a 200 cm sofa the wire loops at 140 x 93 cm cover two thirds of the width.
Does In Space VIII arrive ready to hang?
Yes, with YES under Stretcher the canvas with the copper ground comes stretched on a wooden stretcher.
Is the wire in In Space VIII printed?
No, the metallic grey wire is modelled from raised paint and can be felt with a fingertip.
Can I order In Space VIII in a size that is not listed?
The wire loops over the copper and white ground are also painted as a painting made to order.
