Veröffentlicht am 30.04.2014
James Kalm became aware of the work
of Sultan shortly after his arrival in New York in the late 1970s. As
one of the younger members of what was then referred to as 'New Image
Painting", Sultan distinguished his work through the use of industrial
materials like spackle, linoleum, roofing tar, and enamel. Employing
single shapes as motifs, and using a process that shaves or polishes the
surfaces, these pictures balance their readability between figurative
and abstraction while displaying a flatness that is akin to
architectural elements like walls or ceilings. With the new works, a
decorative sense is becoming visible with the use of floral designs, and
a herringbone background.
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