Description
In Space XII – two combed arcs over grey
Wall art stretches two dark combed arcs across a heavily worked grey-white ground, one rising from the left and the other falling on the right, with an upright brown-copper field standing between them: abstract painting whose surface is as physical as anything in the room it hangs in.
Technique and texture
Both arcs were dragged with a comb into dense parallel furrows that narrow at the tips until they disappear. Underneath, a knife put down flat pieces which were then spattered and in places flooded with white that was allowed to run. The ribbed insets were pressed in with a mould and are the only regular pattern anywhere on the canvas.
The motif
The arcs neither touch nor mirror each other: the upper one is longer and more closed, the lower shorter and more open. The field between them is broken into vertical strips like weathered sheet metal, and it carries the weight from one arc to the other. White drops crowd along the top edge and thin out as they go down.
Setting and placement
Grey is doing the load-bearing here, so the painting will not dictate what colour the room becomes. It is at its strongest on a white wall in a space that already has metal or concrete in it, where the sheet-metal field stops looking like an effect.
- Technique: hand-painted painting on canvas, combed arcs, flat knifed pieces, flooded and spattered white
- Palette: grey, white, brown-copper, red-orange, black
- Ideal for: foyers, offices, living rooms
- Character: raw, material, industrial
Choose the size that suits your wall.
In Space XII: a wide canvas for long walls
In Space XII comes in 19 landscape sizes, from 60 x 30 to 340 x 170 cm. Let the two combed arcs and the copper field span about two thirds of the furniture below: 130 x 65 or 140 x 70 cm over a 200 cm sofa, 110 x 55 or 120 x 60 cm above a bed 160–180 cm wide, and 120 x 60 cm over a 180 cm dining table. For a long hallway choose 160 x 80 or 180 x 90 cm, and a large empty wall can hold 240 x 120 cm.
To hang the grey-white canvas with its arcs straight away, pick YES under Stretcher and it arrives on a wooden stretcher. No frame comes with In Space XII unless you add one, since the Frame menu starts at Without frame. Delivery takes 15–45 days. The furrowed arcs and the spattered white are hand-painted with comb and knife, so this painting is not a print.
Questions about In Space XII
Which size of In Space XII fits over a 200 cm sofa?
About 130 x 65 cm covers two thirds of the sofa; under a higher ceiling the arcs and copper field also work at 140 x 70 cm.
Does In Space XII arrive ready to hang?
Yes, with YES under Stretcher the grey-white ground with its arcs comes stretched on a wooden stretcher.
Can I order In Space XII in a size that is not among the 19?
Yes, we paint the combed arcs and copper field as a painting made to order in your measurements.
Is In Space XII a print?
No, the furrows of the arcs, the copper strips and the white drops are applied to the canvas by hand.
