Study for Caldwell 49
W: 28.5" D: 1" H: 24.5"
Acrylic on Canvas
2021
Inspired by telescope images of deep space, contemporary computer compression algorithms, and early non-representational art, Chicago-artist Jan Pieter Fokkens recreates images that exist beyond our imagination. Done completely by hand, each work is created with the aid of custom algorithms that extract qualities such as pattern, form and color. Fokkens then paints each of these abstracted qualities as a single line upon canvas. The result is a reductionist, analogue interpretation of an unimaginable digital reality.
Entitled "Study for Caldwell 49," this painting offers a representation of the Rosette Nebula, a bubble of ionized hydrogen located within the Monoceros region of the Milky Way Galaxy. Located at a distance of 5,000 light-years from Earth, the Rosette Nebula is a star-forming complex that encompasses over 2,500 young stars..
Acrylic on canvas. Unframed.
W: 28.5" D: 1" H: 24.5"
Acrylic on Canvas
2021
Inspired by telescope images of deep space, contemporary computer compression algorithms, and early non-representational art, Chicago-artist Jan Pieter Fokkens recreates images that exist beyond our imagination. Done completely by hand, each work is created with the aid of custom algorithms that extract qualities such as pattern, form and color. Fokkens then paints each of these abstracted qualities as a single line upon canvas. The result is a reductionist, analogue interpretation of an unimaginable digital reality.
Entitled "Study for Caldwell 49," this painting offers a representation of the Rosette Nebula, a bubble of ionized hydrogen located within the Monoceros region of the Milky Way Galaxy. Located at a distance of 5,000 light-years from Earth, the Rosette Nebula is a star-forming complex that encompasses over 2,500 young stars..
Acrylic on canvas. Unframed.
W: 28.5" D: 1" H: 24.5"
Acrylic on Canvas
2021
Inspired by telescope images of deep space, contemporary computer compression algorithms, and early non-representational art, Chicago-artist Jan Pieter Fokkens recreates images that exist beyond our imagination. Done completely by hand, each work is created with the aid of custom algorithms that extract qualities such as pattern, form and color. Fokkens then paints each of these abstracted qualities as a single line upon canvas. The result is a reductionist, analogue interpretation of an unimaginable digital reality.
Entitled "Study for Caldwell 49," this painting offers a representation of the Rosette Nebula, a bubble of ionized hydrogen located within the Monoceros region of the Milky Way Galaxy. Located at a distance of 5,000 light-years from Earth, the Rosette Nebula is a star-forming complex that encompasses over 2,500 young stars..
Acrylic on canvas. Unframed.