Provenance:
Acquired from Patrick Reyno

ABOUT THE WORK

Bernardo Pacquing’s language of abstraction is a gradual process of labyrinthine gestures set on building and grafting. He continues to approach through the use of diversified found objects that confront and disrupt approaches of aesthetic delineation, form, and value. His pieces, where the oil paint is usually mixed with materials typically used in the construction industry, shows a translucent yellow on the canvas similar to this featured piece. The expressive lines, blocks of color, thickened clumps, and drip markings show impressions of what could be a step ladder. The abstraction strips the block shapes of context and meaning until what remains are the detailed surface textures of the canvas. The viewer is then approached by a large-scale object where its own connected physical characteristics are its own - vital and independent.