This vibrant abstract artwork showcases a bold, fluid composition of bright yellow and deep red hues. The central motif resembles an organic, flame-like shape that appears to emerge from within the canvas, creating a sense of dynamism and energy. The artist has employed a distinctive technique, possibly involving layered paint application and intricate patterning, to achieve this visually striking effect. The work seems to evoke a sense of movement and intensity, hinting at the artist's intention to capture an emotive or expressive quality through the interplay of color and form. ...
Sascha Braunig’s paintings aim to warp, deform, deconstruct, and reconfigure hierarchical modes of representation to the point of disorientation. Undulating forms elbow their way to the surface of Braunig’s taut compositions, appearing both frozen and kinetic, occupying multiple temporal and spatial dimensions at once. One senses hidden worlds stirring in the dark pits of Braunig’s cut-out forms, energy lurking in the creases of a skirt, taunting and tracing the perforated edge of a hole.
Braunig’s velvety, chameleonic forms and calculated compositions visualize the plotting and negotiating of one’s identity, confronting the constant tension between our inner life and the outside world, between experience and representation.
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Instituto de Vision is a Bogotá and New York based gallery for conceptual practices. Their mission is to investigate conceptual discourses that have been neglected by the official Latin American art canon. They have recovered important estates from the Latin American art of the mid century and continue to research the most enigmatic oeuvres of the region. Through a parallel program, they represent some of the most relevant contemporary practices from Colombia, Chile, North America, Venezuela, and others. Directed by three women, Instituto de Vision gives special attention to female voices, queer theories, environmental activism, the conflicts of migration, and other critical positions that challenge the established order. Using the international art scene as a platform, they are committed to give visibility and expand the work of artists that reveal critical realities and raise important questions for these contemporary subjects. ...
