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Magnus Plessen

Magnus Plessen is one of the foremost German painters of his generation. Magnus Plessen worked for several years as a photographer and filmmaker before turning to painting in the year 2000. Plessen's paintings are distinguished by an independent composition technique and a reduced visual language that are increasingly attracting the attention of the international art scene. His handling of space involves a remarkable capacity to condense and flatten the spatiality he conveys. The broad stroke of the palette knife creates an intriguing play of colour and the appeal of his paintings lies in the transition from colour-play to planarity to the edge of the boundary between the abstract and the figurative – all heightened by a brushwork that is closer to drawing than paiting. The bold contours and fields often create angular forms that follow a sweeping line, lending the images a rhythm and structure that makes them, quite literally, fields of observation.

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  • Magnus Plessen, on my way, 2023

    oil, acrylics and charcoal on canvas
    27.17 x 38.19 in (69 x 97 cm)

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  • Magnus Plessen, Hands up lighter, 2023

    Oil, acrylics and charcoal on canvas
    51.18 x 66.93 in (130 x 170 cm)

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  • Magnus Plessen, Light self-portrait, 2023

    Oil and charcoal on canvas
    49.21 x 39.76 in (125 x 101 cm)

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  • Magnus Plessen, Human pattern, 2023

    Oil and charcoal on canvas
    62.99 x 78.74 in (160 x 200 cm)

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  • Magnus Plessen, Match me, 2023

    Oil and charcoal on canvas
    62.6 x 49.21 in (159 x 125 cm)

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  • Magnus Plessen, Sun rise set, 2023

    Oil, acrylics and charcoal on canvas
    47.24 x 94.49 in (120 x 240 cm)

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  • Magnus Plessen, The right medium to fail, 2023

    Oil and charcoal on canvas
    50 x 65.35 in (127 x 166 cm)

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  • Magnus Plessen, Hands up lighter, 2023

    Oil, acrylics and charcoal on canvas
    51.18 x 66.93 in (130 x 170 cm)

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  • Magnus Plessen, Fish lighter profile breath my air, 2023

    Acrylics, charcoal and oil stick on canvas
    31.5 x 51.18 in (80 x 130 cm)

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  • Magnus Plessen, Lucid Density (Fig. 1), 2022

    oil and charcoal on canvas
    70.87 x 99.21 in (180 x 252 cm)

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  • Magnus Plessen, Ohne Titel, 2022

    charcoal and cardboard on paper
    26.77 x 28.35 in (68 x 72 cm)

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  • Magnus Plessen, Ohne Titel, 2022

    charcoal and cardboard on paper
    27.56 x 19.69 in (70 x 50 cm)

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