Ascot Ceramiche’s ‘Game of Fifteen’ Showcases Dutch Artist Boris Tellegen
The second series of Ascot Ceramiche’s “Game of Fifteen” showcases the art of Dutch artist Boris Tellegen
Ascot Ceramiche has released the second collection of its “Game of Fifteen” ceramic tile series. Dedicated to the works of 15 contemporary artists, the premise of the project is to consider the tile as a medium of art, and to treat it as a “canvas” in all respects: both as a support for art and as an objet d’art on its own.
Each collection presents a complete immersion in the style and poetic values of a single artist. The collection which launched the Game of Fifteen series featured the pop art of Keith Haring. Now, upon the release of the second collection, the talents of Dutch artist Boris Tellegen will be prominently featured with ceramic tile.
During the 1980s, Dutch artist Delta (his pseudonym in the streets) spent much of his time deconstructing and reforming the letters of his tag, working with the rigor forged during his time as an engineering student. His fractured lettering pointed towards a future governed by the dual notions of phony chaos within controlled order.
Boris Tellegen soon abandoned the streets, the setting for his first works, in favor of the enclosed universe of the exhibition space. Words became his surface and letters faded from view in favor of direction and material in works where light plays across the dimensions to offer new readings of his intricate reliefs. His installations, or his wood and paper collages, suggest a constructed universe where the intersection between the real and the conceptual is anchored in a geometrical style based on reversed perspectives.
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