Owens, Laura | Untitled, 2014 — available on Composition Gallery

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Inkjet print and streaks of Flashe vinyl paint (manually by the artist) on Gampi paper. Size: 49.5 × 41.6 cm Numbered and signed by the artist on the front.

This compelling work by Laura Owens exemplifies her signature approach of blending mechanical reproduction with painterly intervention. An inkjet-printed ground on delicate Gampi paper serves as the canvas for sweeping, hand-applied streaks of Flashe vinyl paint, each mark asserting the artist’s physical presence against the precision of digital output. The tension between the printed layer and the gestural overpainting speaks to Owens’s sustained investigation of what constitutes a painting in the contemporary era. Numbered and signed, this hybrid print-painting from a leading figure in American contemporary art offers a luminous, tactile encounter with the boundaries of medium and process.

Laura Owens (USA, 1970) is a contemporary painter recognized for her large-scale works that blend diverse art historical references and techniques. Her innovative approach challenges traditional painting conventions, incorporating elements from digital media and craft. Owens has exhibited globally, including a mid-career survey at the Whitney Museum of American Art.

Laura Owens

Untitled, 2014

Name: Untitled, 2014
SKU: 17347
Price: 1050.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Form

Limited Edition Print

Limited Edition PrintA limited edition print is one of a number of prints made at the same time from one printmaking plate. A fixed number are made and signed by the artist, indicating the printing order, using the format 1/10, meaning first of ten prints.

Medium

Mixed Media

Mixed MediaMixed media refers to artwork that incorporates more than one medium within a single piece. Unlike multimedia art, which combines distinct forms of visual art and often includes elements like sound, video, or digital media, mixed media focuses on combining traditional art materials, such as paint, ink, and collage. Mixed media art allows artists to achieve a wide range of effects and textures by layering and blending different materials.

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Inkjet print and streaks of Flashe vinyl paint (manually by the artist) on Gampi paper. Size: 49.5 × 41.6 cm Numbered and signed by the artist on the front.

Laura Owens

Untitled, 2014

Limited Edition Print

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I feel no shame about having paintings be as grandiose and ridiculous as possible.
- Laura Owens

Widely recognised for her use of both cultural and art historical references and ability to create across such movements as figuration, Pop Art and abstraction, Laura Owens is a painter whose influences range from Henri Matisse to cartoon characters, creating work that often defies specific categorisation. Among Owens’ most notable works is her 2015 series of paintings based on newspaper stereotype plates (circa 1940); the plates were discovered by Owens under the sliding of her home, and as with a lot of her works, the series combined traditional oil paint with screen printed images that had been digitally manipulated using software. Of her untethered and often indefinable style, Owens has remarked “I feel no shame about having paintings be as grandiose and ridiculous as possible”. (Artist website)

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What is Gestural?

Gestural art is a term that describes painting with freely sweeping brushstrokes. The primary goal of gestural art is to allow the artist to physically express emotional impulses. The varied, yet expressive paint marks are intended to convey the artist's inner thoughts and emotions, which viewers are believed to understand through the dynamic and spontaneous application of paint.

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Laura Owens

Untitled, 2014

49.5 x 41.6 cm

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