MICHAEL ARMITAGE | The Conservationists

White Cube, London
Acquired from the above by the present owner

London, White Cube, Tightrope Walk: Painted Images After Abstraction, November 2015 - January 2016, p. 121, illustrated in color

This work is in excellent condition overall. Surface irregularities are evident throughout, most noticeable in areas corresponding to the seams between patches of Lubago bark clothes, inherent to the work and artist's chosen medium. Impasto peaks appear to be secure and intact in areas of thick paint layers. Under Ultraviolet light inspection, there is no evidence of restoration. Unframed.
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“I think it is important for the work to reflect a single situation and to realize that there never is a single perspective or meaning, even if it is your own. I think the poetic is implied in anything.” Michael Armitage