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Düsseldorf-based Jutta Haeckel paints on jute - the strong, coarse, natural fiber that burlap is made of - and utilizes a series of unorthodox techniques to undermine and expand traditional notions of painting. Most notably, she applies pigments to the "backside" of the painting, then pushes it through small gaps she's created in the fabric - extruding the paint onto the "front" and subverting the two-dimensional space of traditional painting. These are paintings unlike anything anyone has ever made.

Her newest work aggressively emphasizes the concept of the canvas as …