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PANIC IN THE CHALK CAVE


New paintings based on the film 'Time Stau'
Directed by Zefrey Throwell and Dirk Skreber

Paintings debuted at
Klemens Gasser and Tanja Grunert Gallery, NYC
February 28, 2013 - March 23, 2013




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It’s Not the Drugs, It’s Us
2013
72.5 x 72.5 inches
oil paint and acrylic on fabric


Throwell’s Panic in the Chalk Cave paintings begin with film stills from 'Time Stau'. The eight richly constructed works combine photographic images, silkscreen, and layers of oil paint. The brusque strokes convey a sense of urgency, the impasto of titanium white slashing across the canvas. The process both reveals and obscures, reflecting the exhilarating highs and crushing lows of the secretive lives hidden from the prying eyes of parents, friends, and the public. Throwell’s painting process is as much reduction as addition –
as John Cage said:
“Every something is an echo of nothing”.



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True Love Amongst the Animal Children of Cologne
2012
51.25 x 51.25 inches
oil and acrylic on fabric




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Pre-coital Collapse
2013
32 x 33.5 inches
oil paint and acrylic on fabric




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Post-coital Collapse
2013
32 x33.5 inches
Oil paint and acrylic on fabric




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Having Heard the Music, You Are Never Alone
2013
62 x 48 inches
oil and acrylic on fabric




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Time Lapse Amongst the Animal Children of Cologne
2013
46 x 48 inches
Oil paint and acrylic on fabric




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Nadja, Mirrored at the Gate of Tears
2012
40 x 34 inches
oil and acrylic on fabric




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Nadja, Mirrored in the Wishing Well
2012
40 x 34 inches
oil and acrylic on fabric




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Lena Neumarkt Sunset
2013
46 x 31 inches
oil paint and acrylic on fabric




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Before the Party, Always Left to my Own Devices
2013
48 x 34 inches
oil and acrylic on fabric




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Mercury Time Fold in the Sunset Walk
2013
72 x 48 inches
oil paint and acrylic on fabric





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