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Herm 2
2016

Medium
oil on canvas on plywood

Measurements
96.2 × 38.7 cm

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

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

Place/s of Execution
Portland, Maine, United States

Inscription
inscribed in pencil on reverse l.l.: 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 l.c.: 2016 / SASCHA BRAUNIG

Accession Number
2016.693

Department
Contemporary Art