Caning [4, interval], 2023
Acrylic on canvas
Installed: 118.1 x 118.1 x 2.2 cm
Installed: 46 1/2 x 46 1/2 x 7/8 in
Square: 83.5 x 83.5 x 2.2 cm
Square: 32 7/8 x 32 7/8 x 7/8 in
Cheyney Thompson
b. 1975, Baton Rouge, USA
Lives and works in New York, USA
Cheyney Thompson started creating his Caning paintings series in 2004. In Caning [4, interval] made in 2023, the artist continues his exploration of structure through a weaving motif. Living in a highly structured world, Thompson considers the notion that structures are themselves built on contradictions. If a motif carries with it a trace of motivation, then these paintings are concerned with what can happen when structures are strained to a point of failure.
Caning [4, interval], 2023 (detail)
Cheyney Thompson
b. 1975, Baton Rouge, USA
Lives and works in New York, USA
Cheyney Thompson started creating his Caning paintings series in 2004. In Caning [4, interval] made in 2023, the artist continues his exploration of structure through a weaving motif. Living in a highly structured world, Thompson considers the notion that structures are themselves built on contradictions. If a motif carries with it a trace of motivation, then these paintings are concerned with what can happen when structures are strained to a point of failure.