Donald Sultan, "Red Poppies", 2015

Painted Aluminum on Polished Aluminum Base
61 × 62 × 7.6 cm
(24 × 24.4 × 3 in)
Engraved signature, dated and titled
Edition of 25

In mint condition.

Accompanied by Certificate of Authenticity.

”Red Poppies” is a sculpture of painted aluminium on a polished aluminium base, belonging to Sultan’s famous Flower series. The artist is credited for the revival of the still life tradition where the image is deconstructed to the basic elements, thus Sultan’s work remains both abstract and representational. ”Big Poppies” well represents the Sultan’s emblematic artistic signature. The image reveals one of the key features of Sultan’s work - the material juxtaposition - the contrast of a weighty background with the ethereal shapes of the flowers. Sultan emphasises the distinct qualities of the various elements: the surface and the support, which is then projected forward so that the viewer is conscious of its artificiality

“ Most of my ideas were to put imagery back into abstract painting. Some of the ones that look the most abstract are actually the most realistic. „

—Donald Sultan