Here is
the contested space of painting.
Not exact matches
This
contest between the qualities proper to
painting and sculpture in the representation
of space and linear perspective is explored through works in the National Gallery, London, and National Gallery
of Art collections.
Other
paintings in the exhibition, such as the triptych The Middle East, 3 Views, address the frightening possibilities
of future violence by juxtaposing military charts
of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Palestine, and other
contested areas with imagery based on photographs taken by NASA's Hubble
Space Telescope.
Accordingly, Grosse seeks to pictorially open up and dive into the
space and surface
of the images,
contesting the two - dimensional quality
of paint on canvas.
While the conventional wisdom around
painting small
spaces light colors has been
contested in recent years, this is one situation where the old adage really holds true: The room feels bigger and brighter with a new coat
of paint (it's only 7 ′ x 12!»).