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48 RICHARD STURM KORREKTUR
Literature: Sturm, Richard. Artist Statement. January 2007. Accessed Aug. 14, 2014. http://www.sturm.ca/artwork/artiststatement.htm
acrylic on canvas signed, titled and dated 1985 on the reverse
Note: “As a painter, I often feel that I am working as an archaeologist in reverse, burying layers of images with layers of colour.”
hexagon diameter 65 ins; 165.1 cms
Exploring visual ideas found in movements such as Op-Art, Colour Field painting, and Abstract Expressionism has led Sturm to his all-over, layered style of art making. Interested in the technical aspects of vision, he believes that visual practices are a form of vocabulary which has the ability to unite many separate elements into a coherent image, just as one would link carefully chosen words to create a poem. While his practice is well informed by art history, it is also unique as he combines his most beloved 20th century techniques to develop this contemporary vision.
$2,000–4,000
In Korrectur (1985), these influences are obvious. Directly translated into “Correction,” a flurry of multicolored markings create a near-hypnotizing field of colour. Taking a step back you may expect an image to become clear through the storm of the paint, but as one corrects their vision the canvas still bears no subject representation, challenging the viewer’s visual capacity and expectation of a painted canvas. It is through this playful strategy of looking and interpreting that Sturm ensures onlookers of his art remain continuously intrigued.
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