Jonathan Levine Gallery
525 W 22nd Street, New York, USA
7 August – 24 august 2013
Curated by Marc and Sara Schiller
One Minute Before
Since I started painting geometric shapes using masking tape I have always found the moment right before pulling the tape off very interesting. At first, it looks a bit uncontrolled and messy but with a closer look, you can already begin to see an organized structure among the chaos of the tape and paint. Because painting in the street (for obvious reasons) has to be a quick action, this moment where the paint and the tape exist simultaneously is always extremely short. The idea for this new series called “One Minute Before” is to generate a collection of drawings based on the re-creation of this brief moment just before the tape is pulled off and the painting is revealed – a moment that, apart from myself, very few people have ever seen. All the drawings are based on real paintings that exist or have existed in the street, most of them painted illegally.
The first three drawings of this series were created in Beijing in June 2013 using pencil, acrylic and watercolor on paper.
This new series of work was presented to the public for the first time during the Wooster Collective 10th Anniversary Show at the Jonathan Levine Gallery in New York in August of 2013.
![“One Minute Before - Calle Escobar, Puerto Lumbreras, Spain - 18/08/2006” - Pencil, acrylic and watercolor on Montval Canson paper 300g. - 65 x 50 cm “One Minute Before - Calle Escobar, Puerto Lumbreras, Spain - 18/08/2006” - Pencil, acrylic and watercolor on Montval Canson paper 300g. - 65 x 50 cm](https://www.eltono.com/wp-content/gallery/one-minute-before/eltono-oneminutebefore-escobar-pl.jpg)
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![Calle Escobar, Puerto Lumbreras, Spain - 18/08/2006 Calle Escobar, Puerto Lumbreras, Spain - 18/08/2006](https://www.eltono.com/wp-content/gallery/one-minute-before/eltono-escobar-puertolumbreras.jpg)
![“One Minute Before - Chavasse Park, Liverpool, UK - 09/09/2002” - Pencil, acrylic and watercolor on Montval Canson paper 300g. - 65 x 50 cm “One Minute Before - Chavasse Park, Liverpool, UK - 09/09/2002” - Pencil, acrylic and watercolor on Montval Canson paper 300g. - 65 x 50 cm](https://www.eltono.com/wp-content/gallery/one-minute-before/eltono-oneminutebefore-liverpool1.jpg)
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![Chavasse Park, Liverpool, UK - 09/09/2002 Chavasse Park, Liverpool, UK - 09/09/2002](https://www.eltono.com/wp-content/gallery/one-minute-before/eltono-liverpool-uk.jpg)
![“One Minute Before - Las Casicas, Puerto Lumbreras, Spain - 30/08/2006” - Pencil, acrylic and watercolor on Montval Canson paper 300g. - 65 x 50 cm “One Minute Before - Las Casicas, Puerto Lumbreras, Spain - 30/08/2006” - Pencil, acrylic and watercolor on Montval Canson paper 300g. - 65 x 50 cm](https://www.eltono.com/wp-content/gallery/one-minute-before/eltono-oneminutebefore-lascasicas.jpg)
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![Las Casicas, Puerto Lumbreras, Spain - 30/08/2006 Las Casicas, Puerto Lumbreras, Spain - 30/08/2006](https://www.eltono.com/wp-content/gallery/one-minute-before/eltono-lascasicas-puertolumbreras.jpg)
![“One Minute Before - Lope de Vega 1, Madrid - 18/03/2004” - Pencil, acrylic and watercolor on Montval Canson paper 300g. - 65 x 50 cm “One Minute Before - Lope de Vega 1, Madrid - 18/03/2004” - Pencil, acrylic and watercolor on Montval Canson paper 300g. - 65 x 50 cm](https://www.eltono.com/wp-content/gallery/one-minute-before/eltono-oneminutebefore-lopedevega.jpg)
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![Lope de Vega 1, Madrid, Spain - 18/03/2004 Lope de Vega 1, Madrid, Spain - 18/03/2004](https://www.eltono.com/wp-content/gallery/one-minute-before/eltono-lopedevega-madrid.jpg)
![“One Minute Before - Swatow Street, Hong kong - 26/05/2013” - Pencil, acrylic and watercolor on Montval Canson paper 300g. - 65 x 50 cm “One Minute Before - Swatow Street, Hong kong - 26/05/2013” - Pencil, acrylic and watercolor on Montval Canson paper 300g. - 65 x 50 cm](https://www.eltono.com/wp-content/gallery/one-minute-before/eltono-oneminutebefore-hongkong.jpg)
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![Swatow Street, Hong kong - 26/05/2013 Swatow Street, Hong kong - 26/05/2013](https://www.eltono.com/wp-content/gallery/one-minute-before/eltono-hong-kong.jpg)
![“One Minute Before - Escobedo 207, Mazatlan, Mexico - 26/11/2008” - Pencil, acrylic and watercolor on Montval Canson paper 300g. - 65 x 50 cm “One Minute Before - Escobedo 207, Mazatlan, Mexico - 26/11/2008” - Pencil, acrylic and watercolor on Montval Canson paper 300g. - 65 x 50 cm](https://www.eltono.com/wp-content/gallery/one-minute-before/eltono-oneminutebefore-mazatlan1.jpg)
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![Escobedo 207, Mazatlan, Mexico - 26/11/2008 Escobedo 207, Mazatlan, Mexico - 26/11/2008](https://www.eltono.com/wp-content/gallery/one-minute-before/eltono-mazatlan-mexico2.jpg)
![“One Minute Before - Calle Dr. Cortezo 9 - Madrid - 07/2003” - Pencil, acrylic and watercolor on Canson paper 300g. - 108,5 x 78,5 cm “One Minute Before - Calle Dr. Cortezo 9 - Madrid - 07/2003” - Pencil, acrylic and watercolor on Canson paper 300g. - 108,5 x 78,5 cm](https://www.eltono.com/wp-content/gallery/one-minute-before/eltono-oneminutebefore08.jpg)
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![Calle Dr. Cortezo 9, Madrid, Spain - 07/2003 Calle Dr. Cortezo 9, Madrid, Spain - 07/2003](https://www.eltono.com/wp-content/gallery/one-minute-before/eltono-oneminutebefore09.jpg)
![“One Minute Before - Espinazo - Nuevo Leon - Mexico - 19/03/2008” - Pencil, acrylic and watercolor on Canson paper 300g. - 108,5 x 78,5 cm “One Minute Before - Espinazo - Nuevo Leon - Mexico - 19/03/2008” - Pencil, acrylic and watercolor on Canson paper 300g. - 108,5 x 78,5 cm](https://www.eltono.com/wp-content/gallery/one-minute-before/eltono-oneminutebefore05.jpg)
![](https://www.eltono.com/wp-content/gallery/one-minute-before/eltono-oneminutebefore07.jpg)
![Espinazo - Nuevo Leon - Mexico - 19/03/2008 Espinazo - Nuevo Leon - Mexico - 19/03/2008](https://www.eltono.com/wp-content/gallery/one-minute-before/eltono-espinazo-mexico.jpg)
![“One Minute Before - Calle Prado 23 - Madrid - 12/09/2006” - Pencil, acrylic and watercolor on Canson paper 300g. - 108,5 x 78,5 cm “One Minute Before - Calle Prado 23 - Madrid - 12/09/2006” - Pencil, acrylic and watercolor on Canson paper 300g. - 108,5 x 78,5 cm](https://www.eltono.com/wp-content/gallery/one-minute-before/eltono-oneminutebefore11.jpg)
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![Calle Prado 23 - Madrid, Spain - 12/09/2006 Calle Prado 23 - Madrid, Spain - 12/09/2006](https://www.eltono.com/wp-content/gallery/one-minute-before/eltono-prado-23.jpg)
![Puerto Lumbreras, Spain - 2006 Puerto Lumbreras, Spain - 2006](https://www.eltono.com/wp-content/gallery/one-minute-before/eltono-oneminutebefore01.jpg)
![Caochangdi, Beijing, China - 2012 Caochangdi, Beijing, China - 2012](https://www.eltono.com/wp-content/gallery/one-minute-before/eltono-oneminutebefore02.jpg)
![Caochangdi, Beijing, China - 2012 Caochangdi, Beijing, China - 2012](https://www.eltono.com/wp-content/gallery/one-minute-before/eltono-oneminutebefore03.jpg)
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