Patrick Quarm

Twilight (Blue)

€3,500

Edition of 1574.1 (H) × 64.2 (W) cmShipping est. 4 weeksFrame included

For Patrick Quarm, painting provides a means to interrogate the multifaceted identities of those – himself included – whose histories exist across multiple, overlapping contexts.

Based on a painting from his personal collection, Twilight shows the artist’s nephew in surreal surroundings as a day draws to a close. Hybrid time, space and personhood entwined. Circular holes cut through the upper print reveal a blue underlayer, complimenting two horizontal strips that support the portrait’s figure – hand-finished in vivid blue paint.

Twilight (Blue) is released alongside a twin edition in yellow.

Inner Visions
Quarm’s prints will be released alongside hand-finished editions by Gisela McDaniel and Khari Turner in the third instalment of curator Larry Ossei-Mensah’s series, Inner Visions.

“I'm drawn to the rigour with which Patrick addresses his subjects, and the layered depth of his collaged canvases. It’s exciting to see these layers translated into edition form.” – Larry Ossei-Mensah

Framing

Prints arrive float-mounted in a bespoke, matte white contoured frame fitted with UV plexiglass for protection.

Medium

Multi-layered archival pigment print with rounded corners, printed on 330gsm Somerset Enhanced Satin and 210gsm Fabriano paper and finished with embossing and silkscreen satin varnish details. Each print is hand-finished by the artist in blue paint.

Certificate of Authenticity

Arrives with a certificate of authenticity.

Finishing

Individually signed (right) and numbered (left) by the artist.

Release date

March 24, 2022

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Behind the scenes

Patrick Quarm2 collaborationsLike memory, Quarm’s portraits are fragmented, partial and, at times, erased. His personal history, growing up in postcolonial Ghana before migrating to the US, prompted a deep investigation of cultural hybrids and how location can simultaneously expand and dilute identity. Identifying his practice as “cultural archaeology,” he explores the intricacies of selfhood and how it relates to time and space. As such, the figures Quarm paints and the fabrics he collages symbolise the folded layers of multiple cultures – each element its own vessel of history.

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