ppn, Chapter 29
2015
Silkscreen ink, gesso on wood
101.6 x 62.9 x 2.5 cm (40 x 24 3/4 x 1 in.)
In a mise en abyme, two different-size panels are superimposed on each other by doubling the same motif of a mountain in a black-and-white photographic reproduction framed by a black ring with a light blue border.
Reflecting on the value of the frame as well as the support in painting, this work belongs to a series or "chapter" of the same name, says R.H. Quaytman, who made it during a stay in Israel. She took the picture reproduced twice in the work while crossing the desert. The title refers to the Hebrew term ppn [Haqaq], meaning both to engrave and to legislate, which she found in philosopher and historian Gershom Scholem’s work on Paul Klee's Angelus Novus.
PPN, Chapter 29 was presented for the first time by the Pinault Collection at the "Luogo e Segni" ("Place and Signs") exhibition at the Punta della Dogana in Venice in 2019.
Reflecting on the value of the frame as well as the support in painting, this work belongs to a series or "chapter" of the same name, says R.H. Quaytman, who made it during a stay in Israel. She took the picture reproduced twice in the work while crossing the desert. The title refers to the Hebrew term ppn [Haqaq], meaning both to engrave and to legislate, which she found in philosopher and historian Gershom Scholem’s work on Paul Klee's Angelus Novus.
PPN, Chapter 29 was presented for the first time by the Pinault Collection at the "Luogo e Segni" ("Place and Signs") exhibition at the Punta della Dogana in Venice in 2019.
Exhibitions
Photo: Christian Erroi
Courtesy the artist and Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York
© R. H. Quaytman
Photo: Christian Erroi
Courtesy the artist and Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York
© R. H. Quaytman
Photo: Christian Erroi
Courtesy the artist and Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York
© R. H. Quaytman
Photo: Christian Erroi
Courtesy the artist and Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York
© R. H. Quaytman
© Palazzo Grassi, photography Delfino Sisto Legnani e Marco Cappelletti.
Exhibition view, Luogo e Segni, Punta della Dogana, Venice, March 24 - December 12 2019.
