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Troll

Troll
 2014

Medium
oil on canvas on plywood
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Suzanne Dawbarn Bequest, 2015
© Sascha Braunig
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Gallery location
Not on display
 

About this work

Painted in luminous colours, the dreamlike scenes of Sascha Braunig’s works are informed by the legacies of Op art and Surrealism with their graphic lines and otherworldly figures. The works Monad, Saccades and Troll use the conventions of portraiture as a starting point for the creation of strange, humanoid figures the artist refers to as ‘Ur-characters’ or ‘blanks’. Herm 2 features owing folds of pink and brown that loosely suggest the form of a human body. Braunig paints from observation of small models, which she fashions from clay, sometimes drapes with cloth and sequins and then illuminates with dramatically coloured lighting.

Artwork Details

Medium
oil on canvas on plywood
Measurements
38.7 × 30.5 cm
Place/s of Execution
Portland, Maine, United States
Inscription
inscribed in pencil on reverse l.c.r.: TROLL / 2014 / SASCHA BRAUNIG
Accession Number
2015.389
Department
Contemporary Art
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Suzanne Dawbarn Bequest, 2015
© Sascha Braunig
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Abstract Art Human Figures
Subjects (specific)
anthropomorphic figure-derived form attributes folds heads (representations) herringbone patterns (design elements) simplicity (artistic concept)
Movements
Contemporary (style of art)

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