
Membrane
9 works

The Distance Within (Van Gogh) , 2026
Archival pigment print on canvas, individually hand-embellished and completed with handwritten epoxy resin. | Signed and Dated
48x36 in.
Punkmetender has established a distinctive presence in the contemporary art market through works that interrogate the boundaries between historical reference and contemporary intervention. Operating at the intersection of digital practice and traditional craft, the artist has garnered significant collector interest for pieces that demand sustained visual engagement while offering layered conceptual depth. The Distance Within (Van Gogh) exemplifies the artist's ongoing dialogue with art historical legacy, reimagining the Dutch Post-Impressionist's psychological intensity through a contemporary lens. The composition balances reverence and subversion, employing rich chromatic fields that echo Van Gogh's celebrated palette while introducing formal elements unmistakably rooted in twenty-first century practice. The figure, rendered with expressive economy, occupies a space of contemplative solitude that speaks to enduring questions of interiority and isolation. Textural variations across the canvas surface create subtle dimensionality, drawing the viewer into intimate proximity with the work. What distinguishes this piece within Punkmetender's oeuvre is the meticulous hand-embellishment applied to each impression, ensuring no two works in the edition are identical. The handwritten epoxy resin finishing adds a tactile quality that elevates the archival pigment print beyond reproduction into the realm of singular object. Each work bears the artist's signature and date, affirming authenticity and direct artistic involvement. Offered as an edition of seven with two artist's proofs, The Distance Within (Van Gogh) represents a compelling acquisition opportunity for collectors seeking works that bridge conceptual rigour with aesthetic sophistication. At substantial scale, the piece commands presence within both private and institutional settings. For acquisition enquiries and additional information, please contact Guy Hepner.
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Roman Lefebvre is a French multidisciplinary artist working across digital film, photography, painting and sculpture. His practice examines the invisible structures through which perception becomes memory, belief and reality.
Across both digital and material forms, Lefebvre explores the distance between seeing something and possessing its meaning. His earlier practice under the moniker Punkmetender established a visual language of metamorphosis, beauty and repetition; urrent work moves those concerns toward time, consciousness and the instability of representation.
Membrane examines the unstable boundary between what is visible and what remains inaccessible. Historical portraits, sacred figures and classical forms are altered through oil painting, abrasion, handwritten language and transparent epoxy resin.
The surface preserves the image while interrupting access to it. Writing does not explain the subject; it becomes another veil placed between the viewer and certainty.
The series asks whether revelation produces understanding, or simply expands the unknown.
In Membrane, that investigation becomes physical through oil painting, abrasion, handwritten language and transparent epoxy resin. Images are preserved while access to them is interrupted, creating a tension between revelation and concealment.
“The image reveals itself without surrendering its meaning."

Roman Lefebvre is a French multidisciplinary artist based in Miami. Born in Paris and shaped by nearly two decades in Los Angeles, Lefebvre played an integral role in developing the visual identity, design language and studio practice of Mr. Brainwash during the formative years of his international career. He is featured in the Academy Award- nominated documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop and worked alongside Banksy and other influential figures of the international street-art movement.
Under the name Punkmetender, Lefebvre subsequently established an independent international practice spanning painting, sculpture, installation and large-scale public work. His works are held in prominent private collections internationally, including those of a member of the Getty family, Mariah Carey, Khloé Kardashian, Paris Hilton and Dave Navarro, among others.
Now working under his own name, Lefebvre is expanding his practice through digital film and Membrane, a materially layered series examining perception, memory and the unstable boundary between image and reality. Moving between contemporary digital figures and historical imagery transformed through oil painting, abrasion, handwritten language and transparent epoxy resin, his work explores how beauty is preserved, disrupted and reinterpreted across time.
Available through Guy Hepner in New York.