Antone K枚nst: Cuttings
Marianne Boesky Gallery is pleased to present Cuttings, a solo presentation of paintings by Antone K枚nst. This focused exhibition will feature a new group of flower paintings by K枚nst鈥攁 recurring motif that has appeared throughout the artist鈥檚 diverse painting practice. Cuttings is on view beginning January 6, 2022, at the gallery鈥檚 space at 509 W 24th Street. This past summer, K枚nst presented Dear Future, a solo exhibition of new figurative paintings with Marianne Boesky Gallery in Aspen, CO.
Known for his critical embrace of archetypal imagery, K枚nst鈥檚 work subverts expectations through total engagement with the image and object, invigorating enduring visual tropes with an infusion of wit, love, and formal invention. Cuttings, a new series of large-scale demonstrative flower paintings, is the artist鈥檚 deepest commitment to a single motif yet. Composed from reference photographs taken by the artist over the last year combined with sources from popular culture and art history, K枚nst roots each bouquet of oversized blossoms in animated vessels. The result embodies a range of psychological states that shift throughout each composition鈥檚 many expressions.
K枚nst, whose family has been growing cut flowers in the Netherlands for generations, created this body of work while reflecting on philosopher Emanuele Coccia鈥檚 idea that the form of the flower is a 鈥渓aboratory of conjunction鈥�, a space where disparate things鈥攎emories, emotions, motivations, temporalities, and aesthetics in this case鈥攃an coexist. This framework extends beyond the conceptual in the artist鈥檚 studio practice, as evidenced by the range of styles, marks, textures, and hues present in each painting. 鈥淚 wanted the paintings to function as flowers in a way, to employ all the subtle surprises that characteristically extroverted flowers contain,鈥� said K枚nst.
Just as a flower grows, vibrant with its own purpose, K枚nst鈥檚 paintings are both effusive and enigmatic, simultaneously bold and delicate, radiating a playful and dynamic energy that has the ability to engage with the viewer in a kind of cross-pollination.
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Marianne Boesky Gallery is pleased to present Cuttings, a solo presentation of paintings by Antone K枚nst. This focused exhibition will feature a new group of flower paintings by K枚nst鈥攁 recurring motif that has appeared throughout the artist鈥檚 diverse painting practice. Cuttings is on view beginning January 6, 2022, at the gallery鈥檚 space at 509 W 24th Street. This past summer, K枚nst presented Dear Future, a solo exhibition of new figurative paintings with Marianne Boesky Gallery in Aspen, CO.
Known for his critical embrace of archetypal imagery, K枚nst鈥檚 work subverts expectations through total engagement with the image and object, invigorating enduring visual tropes with an infusion of wit, love, and formal invention. Cuttings, a new series of large-scale demonstrative flower paintings, is the artist鈥檚 deepest commitment to a single motif yet. Composed from reference photographs taken by the artist over the last year combined with sources from popular culture and art history, K枚nst roots each bouquet of oversized blossoms in animated vessels. The result embodies a range of psychological states that shift throughout each composition鈥檚 many expressions.
K枚nst, whose family has been growing cut flowers in the Netherlands for generations, created this body of work while reflecting on philosopher Emanuele Coccia鈥檚 idea that the form of the flower is a 鈥渓aboratory of conjunction鈥�, a space where disparate things鈥攎emories, emotions, motivations, temporalities, and aesthetics in this case鈥攃an coexist. This framework extends beyond the conceptual in the artist鈥檚 studio practice, as evidenced by the range of styles, marks, textures, and hues present in each painting. 鈥淚 wanted the paintings to function as flowers in a way, to employ all the subtle surprises that characteristically extroverted flowers contain,鈥� said K枚nst.
Just as a flower grows, vibrant with its own purpose, K枚nst鈥檚 paintings are both effusive and enigmatic, simultaneously bold and delicate, radiating a playful and dynamic energy that has the ability to engage with the viewer in a kind of cross-pollination.
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