Michael Venezia, Untitled JS16, 1968
1968
- Medium
- Acrylic and metal powder on canvas
- Dimensions
- 246 × 117 cm
- Status
- In Gallery Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-156220
Venezia is interested in reducing gestures in painting to their essentials, and so in the 1960s he developed painting techniques using spray guns, for which he is considered a pioneer. Venezia used an emulsion of aluminum pigments and acrylic paint, which he applied to the canvas with a spray gun. In the large-format paintings "Untitled JS16" (1968) and "Untitled CVE" (1967), he worked on the canvas in several stages using this technique, creating the impression of a pigment mist in the center of the image. Depending on the ambient light, the reflective properties of the pigments change the effect of the canvases: the clear lines at the edges contrast with the wafting application of paint in the center. Venezia recognizes a material quality in the paint that unfolds during the painting process. He does not attempt to control it completely, but consciously leaves room for spontaneity.
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