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Artworks
Emmanuel Van der Auwera
Memento 32 (Capitol Red), 2021Newspaper .3mm aluminum offset plates mounted on aluminum frame132 x 288 x 3.5 cm
52 x 113 3/8 x 1 3/8 inCopyright The Artist & Harlan Levey ProjectsFurther images
The monumental “Memento 32 (Capitol Red)” is the second in a series dealing with presidential histories, choosing a particularly dramatic moment from the end of President Trump’s first term. With...The monumental “Memento 32 (Capitol Red)” is the second in a series dealing with presidential histories, choosing a particularly dramatic moment from the end of President Trump’s first term. With this large-scale “Memento”, assembled from multiple plates, Van der Auwera creates a 21st century spin on paintings of political events like those by Delacroix, Goya or Rubens. Instead of painting with oil, however, Van der Auwera hijacks the vocabulary and mechanized processes of mass media.10of 10
