SMOKE CUBE PAINTING
In Smoke Cube Painting, Sam Jedig works with colored chemical smoke pigments that are transferred directly to paper or canvas. The pigments are ignited and released inside a constructed cube or open environment, where elements like wind, gravity, moisture, and temperature influence the movement and dispersion of the smoke. The resulting images are not painted in the traditional sense, but formed through a process of exposure, surrender, and chemical reaction.
This method is about relinquishing control and allowing the material to express itself. The cube becomes both a controlled chamber and a field of chance. The critical moment — when the chemical pigment ignites, expands, and settles — becomes the work itself. Each image records time, force, and unpredictability. Color becomes residue, gesture becomes trace.
In this way, Smoke Cube Painting blurs the line between painting and event. The process is not just a means to an end, but a central part of the work. The resulting images evoke natural phenomena — fire, fog, cloudbursts — and the language of abstraction, while remaining grounded in physical materiality, chemical transformation, and experiment.
On paper 2022
Works from Smoke Cube Painting, an ongoing series by Sam Jedig using chemical smoke pigments on paper and canvas. The series began in 2020 with early experiments and has since evolved into a method where color, fire, and chance merge. Each image is shaped by wind, movement, and chemical transformation — capturing both the violence and fragility of creation.
In this video, Sam Jedig demonstrates the process behind Smoke Cube Painting, showing how chemical smoke pigments are released inside the cube and transferred to the surface by wind, heat, and chance.
Stalke Out Of Space · Stalke Galleri · Artstamp.dk
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