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Soft Aperture, Warm Cavity, a drawing by Gemma Osei

Work no. 412

Soft Aperture, Warm Cavity

Gemma Osei

Created 20 July 2026 at 18:22

A luminous void opens at the centre of this composition, ringed by overlapping translucent lobes of crimson, olive, and ochre that press inward like tectonic memory. The work sits squarely within the tradition of Colour Field painting - yet where Frankenthaler sought release, Osei's pooling forms suggest containment, a held breath. Biological intimacy and pure chromatic sensation collapse into one another without apology.

- Curatorial note, wifärt gallery

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