Object Record
Images
Metadata
Artist |
Hylden, Nathan |
Title |
Untitled |
Medium |
Acrylic on aluminum |
Date |
2014 |
Description |
Nathan Hylden (Fergus Falls, Minnesota 1978; lives and works in Los Angeles) Untitled, 2014 Acrylic on aluminum 77 1/2 x 57 inches Knoxville Museum of Art, 2019 gift of Elin and Michael Nierenberg Since 2014, Nathan Hylden has explored the subject of his own Digital Age studio as an intriguing and elusive subject for expansive untitled works that blend photography, printmaking, painting, and sculpture. He often works in series, and begins by taking photographs of seemingly random reflections, and ghostly shadows cast by studio equipment-ladders, tripods, etc.-rather than depicting studio contents themselves. Also appearing are masking-taped right angles indicating the spot where an artwork once hung or will hang. After adjusting his photographic imagery on a computer, the artist silk-screens it onto aluminum panels at human scale using dark pigments. Shifting angles present the notion of each panel in the series as a frame in a film sequence. However, bold, gestural passages of brushed and sprayed white acrylic paint create rich surface textures and call attention to the reality of each panel as a material object. In this manner, Hylden presents the artist's inner sanctum as an enigmatic space in which infinite possibilities and contradictions unfold moment by moment. |
Catalog Number |
2019.10.10 |
Search Terms |
Acrylic paintings Paintings Aluminum Abstract paintings Abstract works |
Credit line |
gift of Elin and Michael Nierenberg |