Abstract Painting – Painting After Art is Dead

Studying what’s next

Having two shows this fall (group show at 311 Gallery and a solo at Golden Belt) has been amazing and validating, and work of course- first time showing both the cubes and remixes (which was a technical challenge). It also felt like closure. So in that context I’ve felt drawn to move the paintings in a new and slightly different direction. A practice based on formal investigation and experimentation probably should, right?

Having the cubes and the remixes up and together on walls with the paintings also made me want the latter to be even more distinct. So I’ve begun working through what I’ve wanted to “push” more from the prior work and thinking more about the edges of the cubes and how I incorporate line. Some early examples below, at least 3 of which are likely to be further developed (“yes” the two in the bottom left are an example of a spot where I’m far enough along to start responding to earlier studies with newer ones).

Krista Harris

is a painter’s painter
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Friedrich Vordemberge-Gildewart

was a German Neo-plasticist (De Stijl) painter. He was one of the first painters to work for his entire career within an abstract style.

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Angel Otero

makes work from the “skin” that forms on oil paint.

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Diane Burko

Diane’s images of melting glaciers and dying coral reefs are not just pictorially impressive; they have strong emotional impact.

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Dona Nelson

Thomas Erben is presenting Gestures of Affection: In Memory of Louise Fishman, curated by Melissa E. Feldman, which includes a number of artists I’ve blogged about and also Dona.

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Brianne Garcia

Artsy find.

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Mavis Pusey

In 1946, eighteen-year-old Mavis Pusey moved to New York from Jamaica to study at the Traphagen School of Fashion and, later, at the Art Students League. By 1969, she had worked in London as a patternmaker for Singer for nearly a decade. She then returned to New York to work at Robert Blackburn’s printmaking workshop—an important collaborative studio where artists were encouraged to experiment and freely exchange ideas.

#mavispusey

I. Rice Pereira

lived from 1902–1971 and has 8 works in the Whitney’s permanent collection, including below which graces the cover of the catalog for Labyrinth of Forms, a group retrospective on the work of 27 women artists from the first half of the last century.

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Blanche Lazzell

Like many early Modernists Blanche’s work (1878–1956) evolved into abstraction. She is also in Labyrinth of Forms.

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Jimmy Ernst

Hans-Ulrich, AKA Jimmy, (1920–1984) has 6 works in the Whitney’s collection (including below which caught my eye) I recently discovered while looking at Blanche’s work.

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