Lot 17

Pulp painting is an advanced papermaking technique where plant fibres are beaten to a pulp, pigmented, and used as paint. Working with natural fibres—a material that is alive and considered conscious in many ontologies—Raoul Olou has learned to collaborate with their physicality and natural behaviors in order to create artwork. The artwork becomes a collaboration between himself, the materials, the process, and the history. It is a practice of listening, letting go, and being present that Olou finds fascinating in a world that, in contrast, aims for complete control.