Untitled 25, NY., 2018

Arslan Sükan  

Untitled 25 (NY), 2018 by Arslan Sükan From the series of Public on Paper Inkjet print on fine art paper Size: 112 cm H x 80 cm W Edition 1 of 3 +1AP Unframed.

 Sukan has set out to identify alternative sites of public display and common space within the banal recesses of the everyday world. Collecting and adopting the sketch pads and papers that customers use for testing markers, pens, and other drawing tools at art supply stores through years, from different cities around the world, Sukan considers how these test sheets serve as a vehicle for both intimate and exhibitionist performance as well as original social documents. In the improvised layers of sketches, doodles and drawings that fill the pages, Sukan sees the documents of a ritual that approximates the practices of graffiti art but makes no allowance for participation in a common culture. Unlike palimpsest or open-sourced editing platforms where history can be scraped clean and updated, the sketch pages collapse past and present straddling the line between private notation and public expression. His transformation of these sketch-filled pages suggests that while the artist offers another voice, it is one capable of giving form to that which litters the surface of the things. 

Additional sizes and prints are available. Small Size: 70 cm. H x 50 cm. W Edition 2/3 + 1AP Large Size: 140 cm. H x 100 cm. W Edition 1/3 + 1AP.