Artist: Alex Tsung-Chien Wu
Title: Empty Chair
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 48 3/4 H x 39" W
Available: 1
Created: 1993/Toronto
Price: Private Collection
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Artist Memo: Preconceived notions are an interesting aspect of consciousness. If I prepare my paint-ground with raw-sienna type colours before I start my painting, I see Florence, the Renaissance.
If my painting is grounded with ivory black, and titanium white, I see Paris, Gustave Courbet or Edouard Manet, Impressionism- and sometimes, an empty chair reserved for a phantom.