The Non-Specific Objects were exhibited by reference: contemporary at Pulse Art Fair in Miami during Art Basel in 2018.
Medium: Solid acrylic slab, incised drawing, pigmented epoxy
Year: 2018
Description:
Deceptively simple, the NSO series was created through a combination of gestural drawing and multiple machining processes. Shadows of invisible lines are cast on the wall, as the artwork's incline creates optical effects. The series explores the ways in which transparency carries unexpected consequences.
Medium: Solid acrylic slab, incised drawing, pigmented epoxy
Dimensions: 47” x 47” x 5” (includes transparent acrylic shelf)
Year: 2018
To create his Non-Specific Objects, Mansur combines gestural drawing with multiple machining processes. Instead of a pencil, he makes preparatory sketches with thin tape, building strokes that remain preserved without the trace of an erased line. The composition is carved into a solid acrylic slab, and pigmented epoxy is added to the incisions to create layers of color, built up millimeters at a time. Mansur exposes deeper layers by excavating into the slab, creating intricate steppes that are only visible upon closer inspection. Shadows of invisible lines are cast on the wall, as the artwork's incline creates optical effects. Mansur’s work explores the unexpected consequences of transparency. His use of lines challenges the notion of borders as immovable, prompting us to reconsider their role in demarcating the living world. The series was first exhibited at Pulse Art Fair in Miami in 2018, and was included in multiple art tours led by Christie’s. The work earned Mansur a nomination for the Pulse Prize.
This artwork ships worldwide. Please be aware that shipping fees are not included. The studio will contact you to confirm these costs.
PULSE MIAMI PRESS RELEASE:
What is a line? The question is naive. A line, real or imaginary, signifies a path, a continuous point, a moving mark. It designates both a reality and its figure: the line of a mountain, for contour; the line of a body, for its shape; the line of water, for a demarcation. The line operates in everyday life with such efficiency that we forget that this simple word not only organizes our perception, but determines our basic rapports between front and back, deep and shallow, in and out, near and far, on and off, up and down, past and present, today and tomorrow. Our physical geography, our relations to nature, and even the whole domain of our culture, are topographies structured by lines. Kal Mansur's work figures an artist's apprehension.
—V.Y. Mudimbe, On African Fault Lines (2013)
For Pulse Miami, Kal Mansur has created sculptures—non-specific objects—which are a simultaneous homage to and departure from minimalist traditions. The series combines gestural drawing with multiple machining processes. Mansur composes first with tape, creating a drawing built upon strokes that, unlike pencil drawings, do not bear the memory of an erased line. The composition is then carved into a solid acrylic slab. The incisions are filled with pigmented epoxy, layers of color built up millimeters at a time. Using a carving machine, Mansur exposes deeper layers by excavating into the slab, creating steppes that are only visible upon closer inspection. Shadows of invisible lines are cast on the wall, as the artwork's incline creates optical effects. The conceptual underpinnings are vast, as Mansur moves past diffusion as a compositional element, and explores how transparency can carry unexpected consequences.
Medium: Solid acrylic slab, incised drawing, pigmented epoxy
Dimensions: 47” x 47” x 5” (includes transparent acrylic shelf)
Year: 2018
To create his Non-Specific Objects, Mansur combines gestural drawing with multiple machining processes. Instead of a pencil, he makes preparatory sketches with thin tape, building strokes that remain preserved without the trace of an erased line. The composition is carved into a solid acrylic slab, and pigmented epoxy is added to the incisions to create layers of color, built up millimeters at a time. Mansur exposes deeper layers by excavating into the slab, creating intricate steppes that are only visible upon closer inspection. Shadows of invisible lines are cast on the wall, as the artwork's incline creates optical effects. Mansur’s work explores the unexpected consequences of transparency. His use of lines challenges the notion of borders as immovable, prompting us to reconsider their role in demarcating the living world. The series was first exhibited at Pulse Art Fair in Miami in 2018, and was included in multiple art tours led by Christie’s. The work earned Mansur a nomination for the Pulse Prize.
This artwork ships worldwide. Please be aware that shipping fees are not included. The studio will contact you to confirm these costs.
Medium: Solid acrylic slab, incised drawing, pigmented epoxy
Dimensions: 47” x 47” x 5” (includes transparent acrylic shelf)
Year: 2018
To create his Non-Specific Objects, Mansur combines gestural drawing with multiple machining processes. Instead of a pencil, he makes preparatory sketches with thin tape, building strokes that remain preserved without the trace of an erased line. The composition is carved into a solid acrylic slab, and pigmented epoxy is added to the incisions to create layers of color, built up millimeters at a time. Mansur exposes deeper layers by excavating into the slab, creating intricate steppes that are only visible upon closer inspection. Shadows of invisible lines are cast on the wall, as the artwork's incline creates optical effects. Mansur’s work explores the unexpected consequences of transparency. His use of lines challenges the notion of borders as immovable, prompting us to reconsider their role in demarcating the living world. The series was first exhibited at Pulse Art Fair in Miami in 2018, and was included in multiple art tours led by Christie’s. The work earned Mansur a nomination for the Pulse Prize.
This artwork ships worldwide. Please be aware that shipping fees are not included. The studio will contact you to confirm these costs.
