David Ratcliff
dal 11/11/2010 al 22/12/2010
Segnalato da
11/11/2010
David Ratcliff
Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Bruxelles
For this new series of works called 'Ghost Paintings', the artist has randomly collected images on the web but has mostly selected drawings (comics, artists' blogs, satyrical drawings or coloring books). His favorite subjects are historical facts, from the past or from the present that describe the world in which we live in, with its cruelty and violence. From a technical point of view, David Ratcliff's paintings are made from complex hand-made stencils previously composed on computer.
The Gallery Rodolphe Janssen is pleased to announce this second show of recent works by David Ratcliff (B. 1970. Lives and works in Los Angeles).
For this new series of works called “Ghost Paintings”, the artist has randomly collected images on the web but has mostly selected drawings (comics, artists' blogs, satyrical drawings or coloring books).
His favorite subjects are historical facts, from the past or from the present that describe the world in which we live in, with its cruelty and violence.
From a technical point of view, David Ratcliff's paintings are made from complex hand-made stencils previously composed on computer. These are then traced with a cutter and temporarily fixed onto the canvas. After choosing a color, the artist sprays the canvas. The painting slips randomly under the paper, which creates a "ghost" effect that appears where the painting has gone under.
David Ratcliff's work often confronts a positive and a negative but also abstract and figurative vision, the conceptual strictness and the punk esthetic. His influences go from Polke to Warhol, from Tillmans to Prince.
David Ratcliff has presented three solo shows at the NY Team Gallery as well as in LA at Honor Fraser, in London at Maureen Paley and in Tokyo at Tomio Koyama. He has exhibited his works in NY at PS1, in LA at the gallery Blum & Poe as well as in Berlin at Peres Projects. He was also part of the Triennale in Torino.
Opening Saturday November 13, 2010
Galerie Rodolphe Janssen
35 Rue de Livourne, Brussels Belgio
Hours: Tuesday to Friday 10h - 18h
Saturday 14h -18h
Free admission