Peter Krausz: (No) Man's Land January 5, 2010

Unlike the more familiar fresco, in which pigments are applied to a wet surface, Krausz creates his paintings using the secco technique, where pulverized pigments in an egg-based emulsion are applied to a dry plaster surface. Numerous transparent layers yield the intensity of color for which the artist's work is known. Through use of secco, Krausz achieves remarkable luminosity and richer surface textures and perdurability than could result in any other way. The title of his latest exhibition, '(No) Man's Land,' relates directly to Krausz's long-standing preoccupation with the concept of borders; the frontiers that sometimes follow natural geographical features but which are often arbitrarily, even brutally, imposed on nature, landscapes, and human beings.