Magnus Plessen, Untitled (38), 2017

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Magnus Plessen Hamburgo, Alemania, b. 1967

Untitled (38), 2017

Oil, charcoal on canvas
146 x 97 x 3.5 cm
57 1/2 x 38 1/4 x 1 3/8 in

© 2017 Magnus Plessen / Courtesy Fundación AMMA

Photo: Alejandro Paez

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The image resembles a collage of magazine cutouts. A woman in underwear, holding a flower, senses another unsettling figure behind her—one with blurred features whose presence disrupts the intimate atmosphere.
Plassen’s paintings move fluidly between the abstract and the representational. Through the use of a diverse range of painting techniques and dynamic compositions, his work becomes a study of perception, structure, materiality, and transience. The artist’s goal is not so much to capture reality as to capture fleeting emotions. Set against featureless backgrounds, the figures drift in and out of focus, appearing either static or caught in a blurred whirlwind of motion.

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