#TTTOPMemories Beautiful 🦋🦋I love the #Butterfly series by #MarkGrotjahn Untitled, Full Color Butterfly 857, 2009, Colored pencil on paper 85 9/16 x 47 9/16 inches 217.3 x 120.8 cm (At @blumandpoe, 2010 too) MG 857 & T.O.P liked before ➡️☺️✨✨ #TTTOPart #TTTOPsart #TTTOPlikes #TTTOPsartists @choi_seung_hyun_tttop ’s like 170203 ✨💚🎨➡ @pinkwallpicture IG ・・・ full color butterfly 857 . #sfmoma #markgrotjahn — Detail, Untitled (Full Color Butterfly 857), 2009 Colored pencil on paper 85 9/16 x 47 9/16 inches 217.3 x 120.8 cm MG 857 (Also ref. via Kaikai Kiki Gallery) “In the Butterfly paintings from 1997, he created complex compositions of radiant, tonal color. This was under the great influence of many artistic milestones such as Russian Constructivism and Op Art. His Butterfly work was interrupted in 2008 when Grotjahn tore his rotator cuff and broke a shoulder bone in an accident. This unfortunate turn of events forced him to adapt his work style to his injury to a less intensive painting. By drawing simple geometric untitled face parts on paper and linen Mark began his Face Paintings and Untitled series. - The Butterfly Paintings. Using multiple colors, Mark Grotjahn’s work is an interesting combination of rationality and intuition not often available in gallery and museum contemporary world. Although there was a lot of experimenting and chance, all of the untitled paintings followed a strict work system. He would first start by mapping out the triangular radii with a black pencil. After creating the skeleton, he would carefully pick a precise number of color pencils. The main rule for the color-picking was for the color to make sense in correspondence on to another, meaning they had a connection according to their value and intensity. After picking a satisfying number of pencils he would choose them randomly one segment of the painting. At the end of 20th century, Grotjahn started to focus more on the investigation of the radiant motif in his work, which can be seen in his later Butterfly paintings. Using Renaissance techniques in order to expose the perspective of his subjects, he managed to create an illusion of narrowing and expanding geometries.” (SFMOMA)










