Punkmetender 198 For Sale
Punkmetender
198, 2021
Acrylic on wooden panel, aluminum butterfly, diamond dust
46 in 116.8 cm
About this work
In "198," Punkmetender presents a dynamic convergence of centrifugal motion and delicate materiality through bold acrylic passages that radiate across the wooden panel's surface. The spinning technique creates fluid color trajectories that seem to pull the eye into their orbital dance, while a single aluminum butterfly emerges from this painted vortex as both interruption and anchor. Diamond dust catches and fractures light across the composition, transforming the work's surface into a field of micro-reflections that shift with the viewer's movement. The interplay between the painting's kinetic energy and the stillness of the embedded butterfly creates a compelling tension between motion and stasis. This work exemplifies Punkmetender's sophisticated approach to merging process-driven painting with sculptural intervention, where the centrifugal application of paint becomes both method and meaning. The 46-inch circular format allows the spinning technique to reach its full expressive potential, creating compositions that feel simultaneously controlled and spontaneous. "198" demonstrates the artist's mastery of scale and material integration, showing how industrial elements like aluminum can coexist with the gestural qualities of spun paint. Within Punkmetender's broader practice, this piece represents a refined balance between the explosive energy of the paint application and the precise placement of sculptural elements that ground the work in physical reality.
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Edition & Provenance
- Year
- 2021
- Medium
- Acrylic on wooden panel, aluminum butterfly, diamond dust
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About the Spin Paintings Series
Punkmetender's "Spin Paintings" series employs centrifugal force to distribute acrylic paint across canvas and panel surfaces, creating dynamic radiating compositions where color flows outward from central points. This mechanical painting process generates fluid, organic patterns as pigments blend and separate according to their weight and viscosity, resulting in works that capture motion and energy in permanent form.
The artist incorporates sculptural elements directly into the wet paint surface during the spinning process, embedding aluminum butterflies, gold mirrored aluminum butterflies, aluminum flowers, diamond dust, and LED neon components that become integral to the painted composition. These materials interact with the centrifugal motion, creating unique positioning and paint accumulation patterns around each embedded object, while reflective elements like the mirrored butterflies and diamond dust introduce shifting light effects that activate the surface.
The series spans works created between 2020 and 2024, ranging from 46 to 84 inches in scale across both circular and rectangular formats. Executed on stretched canvas, wooden panel, and aluminum panel supports, these large-format works demonstrate consistent exploration of the centrifugal painting technique while varying in their specific material combinations and sculptural interventions.
About Punkmetender
Punkmetender is a contemporary artist whose large-scale spin paintings embed sculptural elements — aluminium butterflies, diamond dust, LED neon — directly into centrifugally-applied acrylic paint, creating works that blur the line between painting and sculpture. Their light-reactive surfaces change character with viewing angle and lighting conditions. Available through Guy Hepner in New York.