COASTE | ARTIST IN RESIDENCE recalls. “It had all the random power of abstract art without any of the hesitation or self-doubt when you’re trying to create something specific. Once I saw it, I thought: how can I capture this?”
He works on numerous paintings of various sizes simultaneously, and often glues 50 to 100 different “pulls” of paint together to create the final work of art.
It took about a month of experimenting for Pennisi to figure it out. Put simply, he creates his paintings by applying paint to plastic film, works the paints with random items like squeegees, metal strips and cans of air. The paint dries for 24 hours, then the piece is glued to canvas and after waiting
The results are stunning works of art that are abstract, dramatic, powerful and altogether novel in both approach and outcome. “Why are things in nature so beautiful? It’s because they happen with this kind of randomness. The back side of the paint is almost like the hand of God in a sense, the paint
“Why are things in nature so beautiful? It’s because they happen with this kind of randomness. The back side of the paint is almost like the hand of God in a sense.”
another 24 hours, the outer layer of film is removed, leaving just the paint. The bottom “hidden” side is very often used, but if he likes what he sees on the top visible side he lays a piece of film on that surface when it’s wet, and captures that image also, allowing him to use “both sides of the paint.”
in no way looks labored over, and the halftoning is just pure and beautiful. Sometimes you see a narrative and sometimes they’re just abstract. But as random as the pieces are, they somehow match up to allow me to build a story that appears seamless.”
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