
Membrane
9 works

299, 2021
Acrylic on wooden panel, aluminum flower & butterfly, diamond dust
60 in 152.4 cm
In "299," Punkmetender presents a dynamic composition where centrifugal force has distributed vibrant acrylic pigments across the wooden panel's surface, creating radiating patterns that pulse outward from the work's center. The aluminum flower and butterfly emerge from this painted vortex as sculptural anchors, their metallic surfaces catching and reflecting light while the embedded diamond dust creates a constellation of sparkling points across the composition. The interplay between the organic flow of the spun paint and the precise geometric forms of the metal elements generates a visual tension that animates the entire 60-inch surface. The diamond dust not only adds textural complexity but transforms the work's relationship to ambient light, causing the piece to shift and shimmer as viewers move around it. This work exemplifies Punkmetender's exploration of controlled chaos, where the unpredictable nature of spin painting techniques is balanced by the deliberate placement of sculptural elements. "299" demonstrates the artist's evolving mastery of scale, with the substantial 60-inch format providing ample space for the centrifugal patterns to fully develop while allowing the aluminum components to maintain their individual presence within the larger composition. The piece represents a significant entry in Punkmetender's ongoing investigation into the intersection of industrial materials and organic movement. Within the artist's broader practice, this work showcases the sophisticated material dialogue that has become central to their artistic vocabulary.
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Punkmetender's "Spin Paintings" series employs centrifugal force to distribute acrylic paint across canvas and panel surfaces, creating dynamic radiating compositions where color flows outward from central points. This mechanical painting process generates fluid, organic patterns as pigments blend and separate according to their weight and viscosity, resulting in works that capture motion and energy in permanent form.
The artist incorporates sculptural elements directly into the wet paint surface during the spinning process, embedding aluminum butterflies, gold mirrored aluminum butterflies, aluminum flowers, diamond dust, and LED neon components that become integral to the painted composition. These materials interact with the centrifugal motion, creating unique positioning and paint accumulation patterns around each embedded object, while reflective elements like the mirrored butterflies and diamond dust introduce shifting light effects that activate the surface.
The series spans works created between 2020 and 2024, ranging from 46 to 84 inches in scale across both circular and rectangular formats. Executed on stretched canvas, wooden panel, and aluminum panel supports, these large-format works demonstrate consistent exploration of the centrifugal painting technique while varying in their specific material combinations and sculptural interventions.

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.