Interlaced Rhythmic Space

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Comment by Resident Curator on February 21, 2017 at 8:14pm

Curator’s Comments:

 

The sweeping marks of Interlaced Rhythmic Space provide a hypnotically pleasing momentum.  The burnt orange and violet secondary hues are easy on the eye; almost discordant in their persistent low chroma tones.  The warm and cool notes balance each other, and seem to collide in crossing pools of color against a whitish ground.   The white pigment also offers depth and complexity in the opaque areas that are woven under and over the brighter marks in the piece.  I enjoy the tension of the very thin black lines.  They appear calligraphic, and curl in on themselves; slowing down the crossing movement of the diagonal interlacing.  While the piece initially appears peaceful, I find that with longer viewing I appreciate the aggressive nature of the marks.  While the dimensions aren’t indicated, the density of the built up linear patterns draws attention to a raw physicality, and to the bodily act of painting itself.