Untitled
2021
Linen on linen on panel
113 x 132 x 16.5 cm / 44 1/2 x 52 x 6 1/2 in
© Wyatt Kahn
Working with linen, sheets of lead, oil stick, and shaped stretchers, Wyatt Kahn constructs what can be considered, for lack of a better term, “specific objects.” Neither painting nor sculpture, in the strict sense of the art forms, they are both, and more. The artist’s three-dimensional wall works draw on a formal figurative reference, which becomes so abstracted as to take on an obscure semiotic or linguistic complexion.