Ghost Painting: Readymades Part of the Ghost Painting series
What are Ghost Paintings?
Ghost Painting is a series that covers different categories. It goes beyond the pictorial plane of the surface of the meaning of the reality the image or surface it represent. These paintings have lost their original purpose and have been reduced to their face value.
The painting is then painted using adhesive spray trapping dust and other residue in the site where it is located onto its surface. A process that is a continuous work-in-progress. For the Ghost Painting: Readymade Category, everyday objects are coated with different kinds of paint, mostly, using nail polish. Each object is carefully painted to coincide with the original proposed color of the surface. The idea is to have fun with the concept of readymade, objects and representation. The coating technique comes from watching kids use the technique of “palamak” (a Cebuano word which means to trace).
Although it may seem confusing, this coating is not what Ghost Painting is about; instead it is akin to the idea of “priming” a blank canvas. The act of painting extends to the public, the receptor of the painting who has the option to paint this using adhesive spray.
Ghost Painting 3001 (Readymade Category) Surface primer: nail polish 20x17.5 cms diameter 2014
Ghost Painting 3002 (Readymade Category) Surface primer: nail polish 20x13.6x13 cms 2014
Ghost Painting 3003 (Readymade Category) Surface primer: nail polish 8x26x16 cms 2014
Ghost Painting 3004 (Readymade Category) Surface primer: nail polish 10.5x11 cms 2014
Ghost Painting 3005 (Readymade Category) Surface primer: nail polish 9.5 cms diameter 2014
Ghost Painting 3006 (Readymade Category) Surface primer: nail polish 19x5.3 cms 2014
Ghost Painting 3007 (Readymade Category) Surface primer: nail polish 17.5x5 cms 2014
Ghost Painting 3008 (Readymade Category) Surface primer: nail polish 15.8x13x5.6 cms 2014
Ghost Painting 3009 (Readymade Category) Surface primer: nail polish 9x7.5 cms 2014
Ghost Painting 3010 (Readymade Category) Surface primer: nail polish 13x9 cms 2014
KRISTOFFER ARDEÑA KRISTOFFER ARDEÑA. Born and raised in Dumaguete, Philippines but has lived, since 18 years old, between the USA and Europe. He has created individual projects in Museo Carrillo Gil, in Mexico, Selesar Sunaryo, Bandung (Indonesia), Vargas Museum and the Cultural Center of the Philippines in Manila (Philippines),Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo Museum (Madrid), La Conservera Centro de Arte Contemporáneo in Murcia), Spain. He is currently preparing a series of traveling solo exhibitions. He has also participated in various collective projects, among them the 3rd Bucharest Biennale (Romania), 3rd Guangzhou Triennale (China), Konstholl C in Stockholm (Sweden), Caixa Forum in Barcelona and La Casa Encendida in Madrid (Spain), Casino Forum d’Art Contemporain (Luxembourg), Apexart in New York (USA), Museo Ex Teresa Arte Actual (Mexico) and the Museo de Arte Moderno in Medellin (Colombia).In the next few months he is going to part of 2 group shows at MUSAC and La Conservera in Spain.