+Plus minus playground
Abstract canvas art series
2025
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+ The art of play in psychogeographical mapping
in contemporary abstract art
• Painted emotions: tension, curiosity, disorientation
• Series: 6 original paintings on canvas
• Date: January 2025
• Location: Philippe Halaburda studio, Newburgh, NY, USA
Cinnamom Castto
Acrylic, color tape, yarn, LEGO brick, silicone rubber band, white plastic cross and fabric
on stretched canvas 51 x 51 cm - 20"x 20", USA, 2025
Available
Gather Viigo
Acrylic, color tape, yarn, LEGO brick, silicone rubber band, white plastic cross and fabric
on stretched canvas 51 x 51 cm - 20"x 20", USA, 2025
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Espacc elasticity
Acrylic, color tape, yarn, LEGO brick, silicone rubber band, white plastic cross and fabric
on stretched canvas 51 x 51 cm - 20"x 20", USA, 2025
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Mon ciel en Huahsuu
Acrylic, color tape, yarn, LEGO brick, silicone rubber band, white plastic cross and fabric
on stretched canvas 51 x 51 cm - 20"x 20", USA, 2025
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Behind the Jiiia
Acrylic, color tape, yarn, LEGO brick, silicone rubber band, white plastic cross and fabric
on stretched canvas 51 x 51 cm - 20"x 20", USA, 2025
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In search of Hayyyon
Acrylic, color tape, yarn, LEGO brick, silicone rubber band, white plastic cross and fabric
on stretched canvas 51 x 51 cm - 20"x 20", USA, 2025
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“This series maps the invisible dynamics of thought and place,
inviting a navigation through emotional and spatial flow.”
+ About the theme of plus minus
playground
Plus Minus Playground is a series where I channel emotional contradictions, tension, anticipation, and playfulness through a language of abstract geometry, thread, and symbolic marks.
My process begins with mapping intuitive gestures onto a raw canvas: taped lines, yarn grids, LEGO bricks, and found plastic parts are arranged like fragments of a scrambled code or echoes of urban circuitry.
Each "+" and "–" becomes a sign of presence and absence, a negotiation between control and disorder.
I intentionally build onto the back of each canvas, embedding small objects that distort the surface and fracture its expected flatness.
This subtle intervention adds dimensionality, pushing the work towardsculptural terrain, inviting the viewer to question what lies beneath,not just what is seen
+ Materials & process
Materials operate as active elements within the composition.
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6 abstract paintings on canvas
Emotion Tension, curiosity, disorientation
Material Acrylic, color tape, yarn, LEGO brick, silicone rubber band, white plastic cross, fabric
Medium Stretched canvas 20 x 20 inches
Date 2025
Authentication Signed and title on the back
+ Series context
From studio to exhibition
Developed in the studio as part of an ongoing investigation into geographic abstraction, +Plus minus playground continues a broader exploration of emotional mapping and spatial perception.
The works are available for exhibition, acquisition, and curatorial collaboration.