Peter Klashorst - Fast Food

K4 - Peter Klashorst, 'Fast Food'

1. Introduction An original mixed-media painting on canvas by the Dutch artist Peter Klashorst, titled 'Fast Food'. A large hamburger and a red container of fries with golden arches, bearing a handwritten price tag '69.-', fill the canvas in a loose, playful pop art style. A witty and colorful depiction of consumer culture, painted with the same speed and freedom as his figures.

2. The Artist and Artistic Context Peter Klashorst (Santpoort, 1957) belongs to the generation of Dutch painters who emerged in the early 1980s around the 'New Wilds': the Dutch branch of the international return to expressive, figurative painting following the period of conceptual and minimal art. In 1983, he received the Royal Prize for Free Painting. The female figure and the portrait have been central to his work throughout his career, painted with speed, energy, and a strong sense of color. In the 2000s, he increasingly used images from advertising, brands, and the internet, placing his figures against logos, slogans, and screen fragments. 'Fast Food' focuses this interest on everyday consumption icons: burger and fries become a still life of our time, painted with the irony and energy of street art.

3. Technique and Composition The work is executed in mixed media on canvas. The burger and fries are drawn in black lines and built up with oil pastels and paint in yellow, orange, red, and blue, with sprayed red over the bun. Splashes and drops of yellow and red, scribbled letters, and sections of unpainted canvas give the composition a spontaneous, graffiti-like character.

4. Signature and provenance The work is not signed on the front. The back shows the original wooden stretcher frame, numbered '14'. The painting comes from a group of works acquired directly from the artist by a Dutch private collector in 2007-2008; correspondence from that period is in our possession.

5. Condition Good condition, commensurate with age. The canvas is taut on the original stretcher frame; no tears or damage to the paint layer have been observed. Light handling marks on the edges; the reverse shows studio paint marks, as is common with work from the artist's studio. Sold without a frame. The photos are part of the description.

6. Details Artist: Peter Klashorst (Netherlands, 1957). Title: 'Fast Food'. Year: undated (before 2008). Technique: mixed media on canvas. Dimensions: 55 x 50 cm (hxw). Signature: unsigned. Back: original wooden stretcher frame, numbered '14'.

7. Shipping Carefully packed and shipped insured with track & trace.