Andrew Clausen’s work is the culmination of digital and analogue techniques that the artist uses in creating his hallmark concrete castings on resin-bonded canvas. Photography forms the basis of his work with subject matter ranging from architecture to industrial machinery. From these subject images, a composition is created in relationship to the canvas by reducing, rearranging, and sometimes adding to the forms that are in the photographed image. Once a work has taken shape graphically, it is translated to vector lines and machine code that is used to shape the individual sections of the mould which the concrete is cast into. Subtle textures that are carved, modelled, and embossed by both machine and hand into the mould material are echoed onto the surface of the cured concrete. The organic nature of the material, in combination with the precisely defined relief of interlocking forms, creates a dynamic abstract work rich with surface detail and shadows.
Andrew Clausen (USA) began his artistic training in the Cooperative Studios of Art City in Southern California. From there he travelled to Italy where for 13 years he worked alongside master artisans and developed his craft into a tuned combination of conceptual ideas and refined use of materials. He currently lives and works in the city of Arnhem, Netherlands.