Sascha BRAUNIG

Herm 2
2016

Medium

oil on canvas on plywood

Credit Line: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased NGV Foundation Patrons, 2016
© 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

96.2 × 38.7 cm

Place/s of Execution

Portland, Maine, United States

Inscription

inscribed in pencil on reverse Notes: / oil paint w/wax medium / (dot) (in a rectangle bisected by two horizontal lines) (upward arrow) Guerra urethane / gesso
inscribed in pencil on reverse 2016 / SASCHA BRAUNIG

Accession Number

2016.693

Department

Contemporary Art

Credit Line

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Gallery location

Not on display

Subjects (general)

Abstract Art

Subjects (specific)

anthropomorphic curves (geometric figures) figure-derived form attributes pink (colour) repetition (artistic concept) simplicity (artistic concept)