Stroke by Proun

 

Stroke by Proun, 2010, approx. 50 x 40 cm, Velcro, silicone.

 

Stroke by Proun is, one might say, an ideological battle between two artistic, radical elemental symbols. On the one hand, the expressionist brushstroke; and on the other, Proun, after El Lissitzky (the basic element of constructivism). It is thus the clash of emotion and rationality.

 

Proun, as a dynamic abstract constructivist unit, is represented by one side of the Velcro. The tachisme influenced brushstroke is gesturally applied to the other side of the Velcro. It is therefore up to the artist as to what position or constellation he presses both avant-garde principles into.