Not exact matches
Zigzags and Diagonals is the inaugural wall
painting in a new and ongoing
series of wall - based installations by contemporary artists in MOCA's unique and visionary architectural spaces.
The catalogue notes that and six other of his
paintings in this
series alter «the shape of the canvas, and reiterates that lengthened,
zigzagged shape with the use of pencil - thin lines throughout.»
However, this exhibition foregrounds one particular group within the overall
series, informally referred to as the «
zigzag»
paintings, which were produced between the mid-1980s and early 1990s, as well as a number of his most recent «Ecriture» works.»
The
series of drawings on view at the gallery are composed like biblical panel
paintings with collaged or drawn elements in the center of the page surrounded by free - floating figures in nested
zigzag motifs.