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Michiel Ceulers

Commodity Painting for White Russian XVII

Estimate
£8,000 - 12,000
Lot Details
oil on panel
160.2 x 120.2 cm (63 1/8 x 47 3/8 in.)
Signed, titled and dated 'Michiel Ceulers 2013 "Commodity painting for White Russian XVII"' on the reverse.
Catalogue Essay
In the present lot, which forms part of the Spirit Painting series, Michiel Ceulers adopts the use of QR-encoding. Painted with thick black greasy oil paint, the QR-code can be scanned with a smartphone which will lead the viewer directly to a YouTube video entitled 'How to make a white Russian’ which explains the process of making the aforementioned cocktail. The intermittency of the technological aspect between these works enables Michiel Ceulers to question the historical importance and intellectual weight of abstract painting by means of the internet and the instantaneous flow of information and fact we are able to garner readily online.

Michiel Ceulers

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