The picture is to be enlarged and set up as an installation on a plinth in a pedestrian zone or in the entrance area of an urban park. It is to be reproduced enlarged on an acrylic glass pane. Behind this pane, a semi-transparent pane of the same size is placed at a distance of around 10 cm.
The title of the minimalist work "beaux art" questions the concept of beauty in the context of art. The occasion is a growing uncritical and apolitical attitude in the art scene. Against the backdrop of the climate catastrophe and other approaching crises, an escape from reality seems absurd to me. Suicidal. The work "beaux arts" is not beautiful in the classical sense. It shows dirty traces. It shows reality and calls for the artistic confrontation with our real political and social challenges to be interpreted positively and as something beautiful.
The painting comes from the series "our own mess".
The unifying stylistic element of the series is the depiction of car tyre treads. An original car tyre was rolled over the back of the film to apply the black paint. For me, the traces of car tyres are symbolic of environmental destruction, car fetish and ignorance.
The submitted work is a reverse side painting on transparent film. The working process is mirror-inverted and the layers of paint are applied in reverse order (similar to reverse glass painting). For me, reverse painting symbolises an unfamiliar way of thinking.
Technical note
The work is supplied without a frame and shows no damage or creases. It is attached to the upper edge of an aluminium tube with plastic adhesive tape. The picture can be mounted on or in front of a wall using this aluminium tube. If the picture is to be framed, the aluminium tube can be detached from the picture.
In the case of an enlarged reproduction, it could either be repainted or produced as a screen print.
