KRISTOPHER RAOS (B. 1987) Untitled (NETH, Fresh Drip), 2022

KRISTOPHER RAOS (B. 1987) Untitled (NETH, Fresh Drip), 2022 signed (on the reverse) acrylic, cel vinyl and gouache on canvas 10 x 8 in. 25.4 x 20.3 cm. Footnotes: Provenance Courtesy of the artist and Charlie James Gallery Artist statement: Kristopher Raos adopts the aesthetics of advertising, exploiting the bold color and pop fonts of packaging for their formal possibilities and real-world associations, abstracting via adept cropping and clever manipulations. Executed in deft, precision brushwork at a scale that mirrors that of old-fashioned detergent boxes, the works exist in the sweet spot between surface and object. Raos manifests the formal energy usually associated with much larger works; they seem to extend beyond the borders of the canvas. The labor of painting and the labor of daily life are here intricately connected. Raos recaptures time spent performing household tasks as a kind of aesthetic research, transforming the stuff of the world into fodder for the studio. It is an act of both recognition and elevation: a recognition of the abstract potential of midcentury commercial art, and an elevation of that material into something more. The results are a kind of Pop-inflected minimalism – hard edge by way of the corner drugstore. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing