Fusing classical geometric harmony with raw industrial texture, Tondo Blue, Expanded Metal Painting (2019) by Austrian artist Clemens Wolf offers a captivating visual field of movement and rich pigment. Measuring 43.7 inches (111 cm) in diameter, this blue abstract art on aluminum piece is executed on a sleek circular metal support. Wolf replaces traditional painting tools with industrial expanded metal mesh, using it as a stamp and brush to press oil paint and raw cobalt and ultramarine pigments onto the surface. The resulting composition reveals a mesmerizing, lattice-like pattern that captures the irreproducible moment of physical mark-making. A graduate of the University of Arts Linz whose work resides in institutional collections like the Albertina Museum, Wolf turns the language of urban architecture into a commanding, museum-grade tondo centerpiece.
 
For these abstract paintings, Wolf uses expanded metal as a brush and thus creates abstract paintings. The irretrievable moment is found here in the expressive painting process. Also, he adds pigment powder onto these works which he calls ´Expanded Metal Pigment Painting´ as a reference to the process. The question of figuration and abstraction plays a central role in both groups of works.
 
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