What is Carborundum?
Carborundum is the trademark name for silicon carbide crystals used as an abrasive material in sandpaper, cutting tools and grinding wheels. Artists originally used the substance for grinding lithography stones, but collagraph prints use it to create texture and tone gradients.
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Georg Jiri Dokoupil
Goldblau, 2018
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Carborundum
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Antoni Clave
La Gloire Des Rols I, 1975
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Carborundum
EUR 1,130
Otto Piene
Zyklop Gelb, 1984
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EUR 2,400
Antoni Clave
Untitled, 1970
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Carborundum
EUR 1,130
Antoni Clave
El guant, 1971
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Carborundum
EUR 1,190
Jasper Johns
Untitled, 1988
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USD 20,000 - 30,000
Jasper Johns
Untitled, 1988
Limited Edition Print
Carborundum
USD 38,000 - 45,000
Chinese Contemporary art is characterized by a profusion of styles and experimental tendencies. Avant- garde exhibitions in the 1980s were closed by government officials, while 1990s political pop and cynical realism emerged. China’s One Child policy also inspired the individual as subject matter.
Queer aesthetics is the term used for art which has homosexual or lesbian images related to the 1980s politics of identity and gender issues; following the AIDS crisis and feminist movement. Notable works include photography of people of ambiguous gender by artist Nan Goldin.
The Aesthetic movement occurred during the late nineteenth century. It emphasized the beauty of art, and the sensual qualities of visual art more than practical or moral features. The movement promoted creating beautiful art, simply for its own intrinsic value, throughout Britain.
