Reinterpreting the classical tondo format through an industrial and process-driven lens, Tondo Pink, Expanded Metal Pigment Painting (2019) by Austrian artist Clemens Wolf offers a captivating balance of geometric harmony and expressive tactile texture. Spanning a commanding 59-inch (150 cm) diameter, this circular abstract painting is executed on a sleek aluminum panel. Wolf replaces traditional brushes with industrial expanded metal mesh, pressing oil paint and dry pigment powder directly onto the surface. The unrepeatable physical painting process generates a luminous field of saturated pink, fucsia, and magenta hues brimming with subtle structural nuances. A graduate of the University of Arts Linz represented in prestigious public collections such as the Albertina Museum, Wolf bridges industrial aesthetics and refined abstraction in a museum-grade 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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