Matti Braun Untitled, 2026
Silk, dye and maple wood frame painted white
120 x 120 cm (47 1/4 x 47 1/4 in) (unframed)
120,8 x 120,8 x 4,3 cm (47 1/2 x 47 1/2 x 1 3/4 in) (framed)
120,8 x 120,8 x 4,3 cm (47 1/2 x 47 1/2 x 1 3/4 in) (framed)
The work consists of a silk panel in a white maple wood frame. The square image shows a progression of light colors. There is a slight sheen to the silk as it catches the light. Looking at the works, one begins to see the colors shimmer and glow, as if their intensity were continuously changing.
The dye process has its roots in the artist's investigation and appropriation of traditional techniques of textile production often used for religious or ritualistic purposes but unlike his earlier patola or batik series they no longer show the iconographic traces of their sources. There is a palpable tension between the new work's restraint and its hypnotic lushness created by the combination of apparently simple means and the complexity of their creation, both the extensive references to the artist's project of investigating historical and cultural phenomena and the more immediate curiosity of how the seamless color modulations are created.
The dye process has its roots in the artist's investigation and appropriation of traditional techniques of textile production often used for religious or ritualistic purposes but unlike his earlier patola or batik series they no longer show the iconographic traces of their sources. There is a palpable tension between the new work's restraint and its hypnotic lushness created by the combination of apparently simple means and the complexity of their creation, both the extensive references to the artist's project of investigating historical and cultural phenomena and the more immediate curiosity of how the seamless color modulations are created.
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