Color As Space surveys Valledor's use of color and vector geometry, combined with rectilinear, curvilinear and
circular shaped canvases to create «sculptural tension» through painting.
Not exact matches
Curvilinear and
circular shapes became another one of Valledor's many tools in his kit of economical means, along with color and
shaped canvases, for exploring an expansive topic such as space and cueing viewers to look beyond the literalness of his compositions and see another world beyond.
The current exhibition, «Curved», surveys Leo Valledor's career - long interest in curvilinear and
circular shapes as well as multi-component
canvases.
In addition to circles comprised of perfectly and colorfully painted stripes, Tadasky has painted his famous stripes on narrow rectangular and large triangular -
shaped canvases, but he always returned to the
circular compositions.
Among the more unexpected choices are
shaped canvases by Thomas Downing, a neon sculpture by Keith Sonnier, a cascading graphite wall hanging by Michelle Stuart, and Rafael Ferrer's striking Neon Corner (1970), consisting of a metal pipe leaning in a corner, with a
circular white neon
shape at the base.
Two other intriguing pieces both titled I Saw the 18th Century illustrate a painting represented by a wooden
canvas in both cases that feature carved,
circular designs and other colorful geometric
shapes resting on an easel.
In the early to mid»80s she began sewing strips of
canvas together, approximating
circular biomorphic
shapes, loading up her paintings with color and dense layers of punched paper dots, collage elements, and decorative bits — but she never identified with the Pattern and Decoration movement.
The exhibition features a selection of approximately 10 works including distorted new
canvas piece that combine two
circular forms reminiscent of scenes viewed through binoculars, and painting on pyramid -
shaped canvas.
Curvilinear and
circular shapes became another one of Valledor's many tools in his kit of economical means, along with color and
shaped canvases, for exploring an expansive topic such as space and cueing viewers to look beyond the literalness of his compositions and imagine another dimension.
Characterized by straight and curving
shapes of color and the use of tondo (round)
canvases, by the 1960s Smith's
circular explorations culminated in his
shaped, multi-part Constellation series of paintings and drawings, among his most exuberant and inventive compositions.
Featuring paintings on
canvas, wood and plywood assemblages and paper collages, the exhibition will deal with a highly complex concept of an «opened circle» and the contradiction behind it, since a
circular shape is defined as one line closed without any beginning or ending.