Untitled 7 metal wire and acrylic instinct and chance all to

instinct and chance all to intervene in the creative act

For this painting

They stand in the continuum of Tilman’s exploration of the ‘painted object’ or painting

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Untitled 7 metal wire and acrylic instinct and chance all toClaude Ttot is a painter in search of unexpected harmonies. He embraces a visual language of complementary contradictions negative space becomes an expression of form; solid areas of color are balanced by energetic markings and precise patterns; concrete elements like hard edged lines, grids, and geometric shapes are juxtaposed alongside expressionistic elements, like gestural brushwork, smudges, drips and stains. By exploring the enigmatic unity