Tag: gesturalabstraction

Herb Jackson

As I’ve written about in my bio, I first began to think of myself as an artist in undergraduate school. Having spent that time in the Charlotte area, there were of course a number of Herb’s pieces around and about; as an aspiring artist, I was impressed at the time with the maturity of his voice, as his paintings are easily recognizable. Photographs also never really convey the physicality of the surfaces of his paining either. And like Jason he’s originally from Raleigh.

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Anne Russinof

Anne is probably the closest thing I’ve seen to true #minimalistart lately- each painting reduces the painters action to a sparse series of marks. As someone who loves the concept of #onetake from #hiphop, I’m intrigued by the audacity and confidence. Amazing and sublime. More

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