Not exact matches
An unusually heavy impasto
of lines,
drips and dots are applied atop the canvas and on another until vivid repetitions
of color lay way to waves,
cascades and small explosions
of pure
paint.
More surprising are the large areas
of cascading black
drips, which the viewer might assume were added to cover the white
paint.
The standout pieces in the retrospective are from Taylor's «Pet Stains and Puddles» (1989 — 92), a series
of sculptures and flat works reimagining
painted drips à la Jackson Pollock as
cascading dribbles
of dog pee.
Steir is probably best known for large - scale abstract canvases that suggest
cascading waterfalls, each the consequence
of a calculated system
of brushing,
dripping, and splattering
paint.
Gilmore's Like This, Before is a large - scale «performance - based installation» in which white
paint Abstract - Expressionistically
cascades down one black, wooden roof - like structure, pooling in a bed
of jutting, fragmented glass shards and
dripping the onto the ground beneath.