Arrangements
Stala Contemporary,
2024
The shadow of a tree becomes a ghost, flowers turn to blood, artificial plants wait offstage for their cue.
Jacob Kotzee presents a new series of paintings examining the transitive quality of artificial light sources. They bleed together flowerbeds, illuminate stage settings, and float in space, looking back at you. Truncated and rearranged, these surfaces are at once familiar and indeterminate.
photo credit: Scott Burton
oil on canvas, 65 x 49cm, 2024
Moss
oil on canvas, 35 x 45cm, 2024
oil on canvas, 35 x 45cm, 2024
Stage II
oil on canvas, 62 x 35cm, 2024
oil on canvas, 62 x 35cm, 2024
Beach
oil on canvas, 50 x 100cm, 2024
oil on canvas, 50 x 100cm, 2024
Funeral
oil on canvas, 65 x 49cm, 2024
oil on canvas, 65 x 49cm, 2024
Hamburg Flowers, 10.58pm
oil on canvas, 40 x 60cm, 2024
oil on canvas, 40 x 60cm, 2024
Grave
oil on canvas, 65 x 49cm, 2024
oil on canvas, 65 x 49cm, 2024
Shadow, 8.03pm
oil on canvas, 91 x 122cm, 2024
oil on canvas, 91 x 122cm, 2024
Fireworks
oil on canvas, 35 x 45cm, 2024
oil on canvas, 35 x 45cm, 2024
Lights
oil on canvas, 65 x 49cm, 2024
oil on canvas, 65 x 49cm, 2024
flower field II
oil on canvas, 49 x 186cm, 2024
oil on canvas, 49 x 186cm, 2024
(detail)
Curtains II
oil on canvas, 90 x 30cm, 2024
oil on canvas, 90 x 30cm, 2024
Curtains
oil on canvas, 60 x 30cm, 2024
oil on canvas, 60 x 30cm, 2024
Stage
oil on canvas, 40 x 60cm, 2024
oil on canvas, 40 x 60cm, 2024
Setting
oil on canvas, 35 x 45cm, 2024
oil on canvas, 35 x 45cm, 2024
Oil
oil on canvas, 40 x 40cm, 2024
oil on canvas, 40 x 40cm, 2024