Maureen's exhibition will be on view at 31 Grand from November 13 – December 14, 2008. Her work makes me think of process, place and surface, all while exhibiting a contemporary take on a traditional mode of painting. A favorite of the evening is a portrait of Hillary Clinton which is so beautifully constructed in its simplicity and close to home, reminiscent of our current political progressions. I also enjoyed the small sculptures that are rife with Maureen's hand. Her colors, markings and stylizations have been transferred from the painted surface, miniaturized and displayed on wooden shelves that project at a 90 degree angle in the center of the space.
From the 31 Grand website: Paintings are assembled to create a tapestry of woven stories and ideas. What the artist calls her “compulsory paintings” are small studies that allow her to investigate subject matter on an intuitive level. Assembled together in a large-scale collage, the images include brightly colored still lives of flowers, a twirling dancer, reclining girls, a dying plant. Like small, tightly cropped snapshots, they display a delicate fragility with the tender treatment of the subject matter.
Shakespeare Sister, "Stay", Good times. I bet these chicks wore crystals too, especially the "evil" one dressed head to toe in glitter.
Earlier this evening in Brooklyn, the air was damp. A cool breeze whipped between the buildings as I walked from 4th Avenue to 5th Avenue. New Territory and the first temperature appropriate day of the season to wear my vintage navy coat, with gold star buttons.
Hillary for Secretary of the State! -This being a side note of course.-
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5 comments:
What do you mean by "emblematic format"? Emblematic of what?
Hmmm. I used "emblematic" to refer to tradition of putting paint on surface.
Her work actually brings many problematic issues to mind but in my own painting journey, I feel that only by looking and thinking about art that we can come to conclusions and in my case I can think about my own process.
But to be "emblematic" is to be symbolic or exemplary; what does that have to do with the process of paint application? Do you mean that the particular way in which she applies paint somehow represents the process of painting in general? And if so, couldn't the same be said of any and all painting? I think I was confused by your use of the word "format" as well' might "process" be more appropriate here?
Maybe instead of emblematic I could have used "modern take on traditional format"
format-process-mode?
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