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ULF WESTMAN
Lives and works in Arnäsvall, Sweden
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 ALLIE & LIBBY, ST. THOMAS, OIL ON CANVAS 18X24IN IN / 45,5X62 CM.
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FAMOUS
CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS
”The world needs entropy”
As a matter of fact, the universe
would not exist without it!”
D u r i n g t h e l a s t f e w y e a r s U l f
Westman has explored and applied
entropy principles in his abstract
paintings. The title may be conceived
as a symbolic denomination of the
relation between order and chaos
a n d , i n t h i s c a s e , t h e a r t i s t i c
challenge to arrange the space of a
painting in a powerful composition.
Less is more - that is the principal
rule of entropy by Ulf Westman. In
every separate field of the painting,
the paint is completely blended and
entropy has reached its maximum.
With a highly developed sense of
proportions, contrasts and color,
h e c re a t e s a p i c t u re ex c i t i n g
curiosity or inviting to a moment of
contemplation. However simple such
a painting can seem, it rests on a very
s tric t mathematic al c alculation.
And whenever passion practices
mathematics, there is art.
By Arne Soderstrom
art historian and collector
 ENTROPY NR 57
2005 OIL ON PANEL 36X20 IN. / 62X51 CM.