HANNES VAN ES, Liberty, Vanes Paint, 1987
00 x 00 x 00 cm
paint, 3 cans, label
limited edition
extremely rare
published by XX, Spain
inv. HvE 000-pr

In the 1980s, Hannes van Es began creating abstract paintings. The paint was applied to the canvas with a smoothing squeegee. This had to be so pasty that the grooves remained in the paint. For this, he had found a manufacturer in Spain who produced a tough paint specifically for him. Van Es designed a wrapper for the paint cans and they were marketed under the name ‘Vanes Paint’.

HANNES VAN ES, “Clear view on several black stains”, 1987
Galerie van Gelder, exhibition view with blobs of “Vanes Paint’ on rolled out paper strips.