This painting (acrylic on canvas) originally measured 50 x 70 centimetres,
It was worked with palette knives, masking tape, spray cans and glue combs.
The style is abstract and surreal/futuristic.
Technically, grattage (literally: scraping) has been applied. To be precise: grattage with a palette knife in the still wet paint. In the process, the top layer is partly removed, revealing the underlying layer. This creates organic (or: biomorphic) shapes but also sharp, taut lines. In the colour/colours, beautiful transitions and nuances are created.
Grattage was (re)invented and applied in the middle of the last century by Joan Miró, Antonio Saura and Max Ernst, among others. The technique is characteristic of movements such as Futurism, Cubism and Surrealism.
This painting is titled: Composition on black... . Black; because work was done on black ground. the small red and yellow strands (industrial paint) were added last.
The repetition of shapes (as is common in Futurism) depicts movement (speed) and sound (-waves).....
I am Auke de Jong (male, born 1953, married) and live in Hellevoetsluis (the Netherlands). I am also regularly in Hungary (in Mágocs), where we have a second home. As far as I know, I have been drawing and painting since my earliest childhood; later also.. Read more…