Artists2artists Social Network

Brought to you by ArtDeadline.Com

Chaos and Order - 24 x 30 - acrylic on canvas

Views: 65

Comment

You need to be a member of Artists2artists Social Network to add comments!

Join Artists2artists Social Network

Comment by Resident Curator on March 25, 2013 at 1:10pm

Curator’s Comments:

 

(Disclaimer:  Ron is a well recognized and respected Art Critic for the Reading Eagle Newspaper.  He has written about my work in the past, and I count him among my friends.)

I had the pleasure of viewing these paintings while on display at Clay on Main in Oley, PA this month. I love how they cajole us into their formalistic banter with juicy rectangles of ochre, vermillion and blue.  Despite the dominance of their geometric color blocking, the work overall maintains a haptic, gestural sensibility that reads as highly personal and appealing.  Edges don’t quite meet along straight boundaries- and it’s in these faint wavering threads that the viewer senses not reluctance, but a contemplative engagement with media and process.  Brushstrokes are visible, but restrained.  The larger works such as Chaos and Order exert a bold confidence with shards of multi-colored triangles.  Thin vertical lines on the far right of the composition provide an anchoring tension, but the contested directionality of the chaotic space denies a traditional figure-ground relationship.  I also see the white triangles as “blanks” or voids against the allover saturated color.  The related explorations on commercially printed ledger papers fluidly subvert the rigidity of the pre-ruled lines. While the painterly marks don’t quite go as far as to deny the printed material, I was left to question if there was a conceptual counter play against the idea of totaling the sum and worth of drawing, painting or art as a vocation, or if the support was merely a ubiquitous available surface.  The casual presentation of these pieces tacked to the wall in bi-folding pairs underscores the way we experience an open book.  The white oval scalloped center line remaining from spiral binding is a vestige of connection no longer needed to be understood.  I found it satisfying that these drawings functioned as diptyches, but the duality of two disrupted but equal halves could reference other measures- of equality, time, worth, or natural symmetry.  Luckily there’s room in this series to contemplate layers of intentionality without disrupting the formal design presence.

Resident Curator Views

Ms Kristen T. Woodward critiques of members art.

Videos

  • Add Videos
  • View All

2022 All Rights Reserved

2017-2024 All Rights Reserved - All images, information, text, and html found within this site and on individual artist pages, may not be copied, reproduced, modified, or distributed without prior written consent of content owner.

______________________

Member Terms of Service

© 2024   Created by A2a Editor.   Powered by

Badges  |  Report an Issue  |  Terms of Service