Study for Westerlund III
W: 25" D: 1.25" H: 31"
Pigment Marker on Photo Paper
2020
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 work represents how reality is mediated by digital images. Entitled "Study for Westerlund III," this vibrant original drawing offers a representation of the young Westerlund star cluster in the constellation Carina. It contains some of the hottest, brightest and most massive stars known. Fokkens first partitions an image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope and then extracts the average colors of coordinates. Using archival pigment inks, he represents each average as a single line upon photo paper. The result is a reductionist account of an unimaginable sight.
Framed. Pigment Ink on Photo Paper
W: 25" D: 1.25" H: 31"
Pigment Marker on Photo Paper
2020
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 work represents how reality is mediated by digital images. Entitled "Study for Westerlund III," this vibrant original drawing offers a representation of the young Westerlund star cluster in the constellation Carina. It contains some of the hottest, brightest and most massive stars known. Fokkens first partitions an image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope and then extracts the average colors of coordinates. Using archival pigment inks, he represents each average as a single line upon photo paper. The result is a reductionist account of an unimaginable sight.
Framed. Pigment Ink on Photo Paper
W: 25" D: 1.25" H: 31"
Pigment Marker on Photo Paper
2020
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 work represents how reality is mediated by digital images. Entitled "Study for Westerlund III," this vibrant original drawing offers a representation of the young Westerlund star cluster in the constellation Carina. It contains some of the hottest, brightest and most massive stars known. Fokkens first partitions an image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope and then extracts the average colors of coordinates. Using archival pigment inks, he represents each average as a single line upon photo paper. The result is a reductionist account of an unimaginable sight.
Framed. Pigment Ink on Photo Paper