Robert Brandy | Luxemburg
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V-VI, 1989
mixed media, oil, pastels (oil), newspaper on canvas, 200x300cmThe series of paintings in the collection were created in the late 1980’s. Brandy’s paintings could be seen as sophisticated experiments along the same theme; paint drips down the surface of the canvas, elements of collage have been incorporated and some parts of the background have been laid bare. The canvases are covered in a pastiche of expressively painted abstract shapes. The emerging formations are worked on heavily. Brandy tames his paintings by adding classical structural elements, but the conflict between chaos and order persists throughout the series.
In terms of design and textural qualities Brandy’s paintings are reminiscent of the work by the American Abstract Expressionist artist Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008). However, Brandy’s painterly methods are more refined than Rauschenberg’s raw approach.
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III, 1989
mixed media, oil, pastels (oil) on canvas, 61x51cmThe series of paintings in the collection were created in the late 1980’s. Brandy’s paintings could be seen as sophisticated experiments along the same theme; paint drips down the surface of the canvas, elements of collage have been incorporated and some parts of the background have been laid bare. The canvases are covered in a pastiche of expressively painted abstract shapes. The emerging formations are worked on heavily. Brandy tames his paintings by adding classical structural elements, but the conflict between chaos and order persists throughout the series.
In terms of design and textural qualities Brandy’s paintings are reminiscent of the work by the American Abstract Expressionist artist Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008). However, Brandy’s painterly methods are more refined than Rauschenberg’s raw approach.
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X, 1989
mixed media, oil, pastels (oil) on canvas, 150x120cmThe series of paintings in the collection were created in the late 1980’s. Brandy’s paintings could be seen as sophisticated experiments along the same theme; paint drips down the surface of the canvas, elements of collage have been incorporated and some parts of the background have been laid bare. The canvases are covered in a pastiche of expressively painted abstract shapes. The emerging formations are worked on heavily. Brandy tames his paintings by adding classical structural elements, but the conflict between chaos and order persists throughout the series.
In terms of design and textural qualities Brandy’s paintings are reminiscent of the work by the American Abstract Expressionist artist Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008). However, Brandy’s painterly methods are more refined than Rauschenberg’s raw approach.