Description
Pillar of Space – one red block among cream planes
Wall art anchors an upright red block right of centre between cream and beige textured planes — painting on canvas spare enough that the block’s position carries the whole composition.
Technique and texture
The cream planes were built in several thin coats and then scoured, which gives them the look of a worn wall carrying fine scratches. The red block is the opposite: laid thick and even with no internal drawing, so it behaves like inserted material rather than like a stroke. The band along the bottom is the densest paint on the canvas and is cut off sharply at its upper edge.
The motif
The block reaches neither the top edge nor the bottom, which is why it is understood as an object standing in a space rather than as a division of the canvas. To its left a wide pale plane is left with nothing happening in it, and that emptiness is what gives the block its weight. A dark vertical line runs down the block’s right side like a shadow.
Setting and placement
A composition this reduced carries from across a room and survives a busy one, because there is only one thing in it to find. It belongs with raw concrete, metal detail and pale timber rather than with soft furnishing.
- Technique: hand-painted painting on canvas, scoured thin coats, thickly laid even block, sharply cut lower band
- Palette: cream-white, beige, carmine red, dark olive, black
- Ideal for: studies, hallways, living rooms
- Character: architectural, still, decided
Choose the size that suits your wall.
Pillar of Space for a sofa, bed or hallway
Pillar of Space is painted in 16 landscape sizes, from 60 x 40 to 260 x 175 cm. The red block among cream planes should hang above furniture whose width the painting covers by about two thirds. A 200 cm sofa matches 130 x 87 or 140 x 95 cm, a bed 160–180 cm wide 110 x 75 or 120 x 80 cm, a dining table 120 x 80 cm, and a long hallway 90 x 60 cm.
The cream planes of Pillar of Space are hand-painted in thin coats and scoured, while the red block is laid on thick, so the canvas is not printed. Answer YES in the Stretcher menu and the canvas with its dark olive band comes stretched on a wooden stretcher, ready to hang. A frame for Pillar of Space is not required, and the Frame menu opens at Without frame. Delivery time is 15–45 days.
Questions about Pillar of Space
Which size of Pillar of Space suits a long hallway?
In a hallway the red block at 90 x 60 cm leaves enough empty wall on both sides.
Does Pillar of Space arrive ready to hang?
Yes, with YES under Stretcher the canvas with the cream planes comes stretched on a wooden stretcher.
Is a frame included with Pillar of Space?
No, the red block arrives unframed unless you pick a frame in the Frame menu.
Can I order Pillar of Space in another size?
The red block over its olive band is also painted as a painting made to order outside the 16 sizes offered.
