Lou Jaworski, STRATOS 003, 2023

2023

Medium

UV pigment print on Striato Olimpico marble

Dimensions

75 × 110 cm

Status

In Gallery Collection

Collect24 Art ID

C24-156285

The wall works of the series "STRATOS" combine Jaworski's explorations of marble, printing technique and painting: on the marbled surface of the stone slabs, a grid of lines run from light to dark. This creates an optical interference in which the print and the grain of the stone overlap, opening a new layer on the "canvas" that seems to suggest depth. The delicate subdivision of the marble creates the impression of a pixel-like surface that stretches across the stone, allowing the eye to jump between the pictorial background and the image. Thus, marble and stone as a traditionally sculptural material is not only the canvas, but at the same time the subject matter of the picture. Lou Jaworski deals intensively with mechanisms of perception, grid structures and the definition of the image, as well as their reproducibility. Applied to newsprint in previous works, he now transfers the common reproduction technique of halftone printing to stone slabs, setting the technology designed for reproducibility in a state of timelessness. Through the grain of the striato olimpico marble, "STRATOS 001", “STRATOS 003” and “STRATOS 005”, seem like duplications that could be multiplied at any rate and are reminiscent of serial photographs and expiring film strips, although on closer inspection they are unique geologically created structures.