Description
Dimensions of Art I – a silver wedge across cracked red
Wall art fractures a saturated red field into a net of cracks and then drives a wide silver-white wedge diagonally across the middle of it: modern painting in which the wedge touches no edge at all and simply stops in the air, surrounded by red.
Technique and texture
The red was laid thick and left to craze until the net across it reads as dried clay. The wedge was combed into dense parallel furrows and then smoothed along its rims, which makes it the brightest and the flattest thing on the canvas. Gold-amber streaks were dropped from above the top edge and ran down on their own, with no hand guiding them.
The motif
The black bands are not parallel: the lower runs obliquely beneath the wedge while the upper curves along the top, and they meet in the right-hand corner. A dark, coarsely textured field takes the lower right corner and anchors everything above it. White drops run down the wedge and out across the red without following anything.
Setting and placement
Red at this strength will decide the colour of the room, so it wants neutral company. White or grey furniture is the safest neighbour, and a plain wall is what lets the wedge stop in mid-air the way it was meant to.
- Technique: hand-painted painting on canvas, crazed red field, combed wedge, dropped gold streaks
- Palette: saturated red, black, gold-amber, silver-white, dark brown
- Ideal for: foyers, dining rooms, living rooms
- Character: dramatic, energetic, material
Choose the size that suits your wall.
Sizes, stretcher and delivery for Dimensions of Art I
Dimensions of Art I is painted in 14 square sizes, from 40 x 40 to 180 x 180 cm. Let the crazed red painting take up about two thirds of the furniture width beneath it, which means 130 x 130 cm above a white or grey 200 cm sofa, 120 x 120 cm over a 180 cm bed and 60 x 60 cm in a hallway.
Pick YES under Stretcher and the red canvas arrives pulled over a wooden stretcher, ready to hang the day it comes. A frame for the silver wedge and black bands is a separate choice in the Frame menu, which opens at Without frame. Dimensions of Art I is delivered in 15–45 days. The crazed red and the gold streaks are hand-painted with brush and comb, and none of it is printed.
Questions about Dimensions of Art I
Which size of Dimensions of Art I suits a sofa wall?
Over a sofa of about 200 cm, 130 x 130 cm fits, and over a 240 cm sofa 160 x 160 cm, so the red field stays in proportion to the furniture.
Does the red painting with the silver wedge arrive ready to hang?
Yes, if you pick YES under Stretcher, the crazed red canvas is stretched on a wooden stretcher before it is sent.
Is a frame included with Dimensions of Art I?
The frame for Dimensions of Art I is optional. The Frame menu starts at Without frame, and from there you can add a frame of your choice around the red field.
Can I order Dimensions of Art I in a size that is not listed?
If none of the 14 square sizes between 40 x 40 and 180 x 180 cm fits your wall, ask us about a painting made to order with the red field and wedge.
