Carina Nebula
W: 85.0" D: 1.25" H: 41.0"
Pigment Marker on Canvas
2018
SOLD
Chicago-based artist Jan Pieter Fokkens uses his work as a means of processing the incomprehensible. Navigating the relationship between algorithmic abstraction and the tangible qualities of pattern and color, Fokkens meditates on how reality is mediated by digital image. Entitled Carina Nebula but also known as NGC 3372, it spans over 300 light-years and is one of our galaxy’s largest star forming regions. Using an image taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, Fokkens first represents the brightest stars as isolated squares of color. He then extracts the average color of each coordinate and uses pigment inks to represent it as a single line upon photo paper. The result is a reductionist account of an unimaginable sight.
Framed. Pigment ink on canvas.
W: 85.0" D: 1.25" H: 41.0"
Pigment Marker on Canvas
2018
SOLD
Chicago-based artist Jan Pieter Fokkens uses his work as a means of processing the incomprehensible. Navigating the relationship between algorithmic abstraction and the tangible qualities of pattern and color, Fokkens meditates on how reality is mediated by digital image. Entitled Carina Nebula but also known as NGC 3372, it spans over 300 light-years and is one of our galaxy’s largest star forming regions. Using an image taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, Fokkens first represents the brightest stars as isolated squares of color. He then extracts the average color of each coordinate and uses pigment inks to represent it as a single line upon photo paper. The result is a reductionist account of an unimaginable sight.
Framed. Pigment ink on canvas.
W: 85.0" D: 1.25" H: 41.0"
Pigment Marker on Canvas
2018
SOLD
Chicago-based artist Jan Pieter Fokkens uses his work as a means of processing the incomprehensible. Navigating the relationship between algorithmic abstraction and the tangible qualities of pattern and color, Fokkens meditates on how reality is mediated by digital image. Entitled Carina Nebula but also known as NGC 3372, it spans over 300 light-years and is one of our galaxy’s largest star forming regions. Using an image taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, Fokkens first represents the brightest stars as isolated squares of color. He then extracts the average color of each coordinate and uses pigment inks to represent it as a single line upon photo paper. The result is a reductionist account of an unimaginable sight.
Framed. Pigment ink on canvas.