MICHAEL THARP  b. 1968

'Azure'

signed, acrylic paint on wooden pallet

40 X 48 in. (120 x 100 cm)

From Tharp's "backwards four" series.

This work by Michael Tharp epitomizes his urban aesthetic and abstract expressionist influences.

His 'canvas' is the 'abandoned', often broken, or damaged freight pallet with its gaps and organic physicality. The heavy texture and impasto paint application is juxtaposed against the "nothingness" within the structure itself.

His 'backwards' numeral works transport the viewer to the other side of the picture plane and allude to the accepted universality of symbols. They push the numeral works of Charles deMuth, Jasper Johns and Robert Indiana into the 21st century, consciously exploring our era of digital communication, environmental sustainability, and self-reflexivity.

Azure is a textured, beautiful, museum quality, one of kind, significant work from an emerging artist.

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