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Ten sheets of copy paper. Unique. Signed and dated. €623.70 each.
No Further Comments
One color. The sentence is the title. Nothing has been added.
General Conditions
Ten subjects, one banner each. The small print at full size. Nothing is argued.
Service Level
Ten phrases from customer service, set as received, on flat color. Your patience is appreciated.
Urban Poetry
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Skriptsio
About Johnny Ramstedt
Born 1970, Borgå. Lives and works in Helsinki.
Paints on canvas. Each painting is painted over an earlier painting.
The earlier painting is not removed. It stays under the new one. It is not visible, except where it is: at the edges, in the weave of the canvas, in the places the new paint did not reach.
Process
A canvas is painted. Later it is painted again, in one color, by hand. The new layer covers the old one. It does not erase it.
The color is not even. The surface shows what is under it, a little at a time. The earlier painting is always there, and it looks out where it can.
The paintings are numbered in the order they are finished. SKRIPTSIO 001, SKRIPTSIO 002, and so on.
Information
- What is this?
- Paintings. One color each, over an earlier painting.
- What is under the color?
- An earlier painting. Another color.
- Is it visible?
- Except where it is.
- Is the earlier painting removed?
- No.
- What does SKRIPTSIO mean?
- In manuscripts, the earlier text beneath a later one is called scriptio inferior. The text on top is scriptio superior. The top layer is the one being looked at. The lower layer is still there. Spelled as pronounced.
- How are they made?
- By hand, in oil or acrylic, on cotton or linen.
- How can a work be acquired?
- By contacting the artist.
Biography
Johnny Ramstedt has exhibited internationally since 1999, including Volta Art Fair Basel and group exhibitions in Miami, New York, and London. His work is held in private and corporate collections in Finland and internationally.
Contact
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