Jeremy Hof
(Canadian, b. 1977)
Wht.Multi.Colour4, 2019
Acrylic paint on paper
Dimensions (Framed): 35.5 × 28.25 × 4.25 in. (90.2 × 71.8 × 10.8 cm)
Description
In Wht.Multi.Colour4 (2019), Jeremy Hof extends his sculptural investigation of paint onto a flexible paper support. Hof systematically applies repeated, concentrated borders of multicolored acrylic paint around a central white rectangular field. Because each layer requires total drying time before successive coats can be added, the accumulated paint serves as a physical index of time, repetition, and labor. Over time, the physical weight and drying tension of the acrylic cause the paper substrate to warp three-dimensionally, transforming a two-dimensional sheet into a dimensional relief.
Hof’s practice interrogates the structural properties of paint, shifting the medium from a surface application to a physical building material. By framing duration as a foundational component of his production, Wht.Multi.Colour4 examines the relationship between temporal accumulation, material stress, and structural form.
Major Accolades & Recognition
Winner of the national RBC Canadian Painting Competition (2008).
Included in institutional exhibitions at the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa), Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, The Power Plant (Toronto), and Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art / MOCA (Toronto).
Represented by Monte Clark Gallery (Vancouver).
Selected Permanent Collections
Vancouver Art Gallery (Vancouver, BC)
Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) Art Collection
BMO Financial Group Art Collection
Jeremy Hof
(Canadian, b. 1977)
Wht.Multi.Colour4, 2019
Acrylic paint on paper
Dimensions (Framed): 35.5 × 28.25 × 4.25 in. (90.2 × 71.8 × 10.8 cm)
Description
In Wht.Multi.Colour4 (2019), Jeremy Hof extends his sculptural investigation of paint onto a flexible paper support. Hof systematically applies repeated, concentrated borders of multicolored acrylic paint around a central white rectangular field. Because each layer requires total drying time before successive coats can be added, the accumulated paint serves as a physical index of time, repetition, and labor. Over time, the physical weight and drying tension of the acrylic cause the paper substrate to warp three-dimensionally, transforming a two-dimensional sheet into a dimensional relief.
Hof’s practice interrogates the structural properties of paint, shifting the medium from a surface application to a physical building material. By framing duration as a foundational component of his production, Wht.Multi.Colour4 examines the relationship between temporal accumulation, material stress, and structural form.
Major Accolades & Recognition
Winner of the national RBC Canadian Painting Competition (2008).
Included in institutional exhibitions at the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa), Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, The Power Plant (Toronto), and Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art / MOCA (Toronto).
Represented by Monte Clark Gallery (Vancouver).
Selected Permanent Collections
Vancouver Art Gallery (Vancouver, BC)
Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) Art Collection
BMO Financial Group Art Collection
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