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Threshold Spectrum,
2023
Ptolemy Mann
Painting : acrylic, Textiles
75 x 60 x 3 cm 29.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
10,000 - $ 25,000
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Dimensions cm • inch
75 x 60 x 3 cm 29.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch Height x Width x Depth
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Artwork location: Portugal
Threshold Spectrum, 2023 by Ptolemy Mann. 60 x 75 x 4 cm. Acrylic, acrylic gouache, and liquid watercolor pigment on raw linen. A radiant abstract painting revealing a dialogue between gesture and stillness.
Threshold Spectrum is a one-of-a-kind painting on raw linen by British artist Ptolemy Mann, created using acrylic, acrylic gouache, and liquid watercolor pigment. Measuring 60 x 75 x 4 cm, this piece stands out for its rich interplay of atmospheric color and structural clarity. Horizontal bands of yellow, orange, and deep red seem to radiate from the center of the canvas, framed by gestural passages of white, violet, emerald green and cobalt blue. The visual rhythm is both architectural and expressive, evoking a threshold—real or metaphorical—between interior stillness and expansive presence.
What makes this work unique is the artist's deliberate use of raw linen, which allows the pigments to permeate the surface in nuanced gradients. Mann's practice, rooted in color theory and decades of textile experience, informs the compositional balance between control and spontaneity. The use of layered materials creates an optical glow that shifts under different lighting conditions.
The work is unframed and in excellent condition. The edges are clean and the surface maintains the natural texture of the linen, with visible brushwork and fluid transitions. The back is reinforced and ready to hang, offering the viewer direct engagement with the material surface.
Threshold Spectrum belongs to a broader investigation by Ptolemy Mann into color as structure and sensation. Ideal for collectors drawn to abstraction that bridges material sensibility and chromatic depth, this piece is a quiet yet powerful presence in any space—offering both calm and intensity in perfect measure.
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Since 1997 Ptolemy Mann has been running her own studio practice, which she established after graduation from Central Saint Martins and the Royal College of Art. Her unique approach to hand dyeing and weaving wall-based, architectural art works has become the basis for a modern-day Bauhaus philosophy of art making and design underpinned with intelligent colour theory.
Her time consuming and unique approach to creating these art works has evolved over a twenty-year period. Exquisite dynamics of colour move across their fine surface creating a painterly sweep. The term CHROMATIC MINIMALISM has been applied to her work and she is heavily influenced by Abstract Expressionism and architecture.
Mann is also making paintings on paper and canvas, exploring the relationship between paint and textile. Mann makes large scale, emotional work which expresses a deep sense of craftsmanship and precision through an abstract narrative. She has completed many site-specific art installations and has exhibited worldwide. She lectures regularly throughout the UK and abroad; writes for the magazine Selvedge, curates and has received three grants from the Arts Council of England.
Ptolemy Mann lives and works in the UK
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