“Urban Monochrome Paintings” von Cornelis van Almsick: “Having done graffiti for a number of years in cities like Toronto, Berlin, Cologne, and Minneapolis- the lust for colors & letters died down when Cornelis van Almsick started his architectural studies. “Fine-Layered Arrangement” is about the repair of the colorful towards a monochrome wall painting, unintentionally and anonymous, yet stunningly beautiful. It is the crucial gap between the cover with the writer’s letterwork and a total renewal of the wall’s coating when urban masterpieces like these are created.” Via: Linktipp
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These aren’t exactly monochrome paintings. It would be more accurate to describe some of the paintings as ‘mono-pigmentary paintings of chromatic polyvalence.’ A textured surface that can effect the colour by its varying reflections and shadows does not properly create a monochromatic surface. It’s the difference between Malevich’s Black Square and one of Soulages’s Ultrablack paintings. But I guess that’s how the artist wants to couch his work.
This is monochrome.
http://www.moma.org/collection/browse_results.php?object_id=78976
This is done with a single pigment and is not monochrome.
http://www.artnet.com/artwork/426063876/566/pierre-soulages-peinture-162-x-181-cm-diptyque-12-novembre-2008.html
Okay, I’m done.
Monochrome[1] describes paintings, drawings, design, or photographs in one color or shades of one color. (….) (again: shades of color)
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