Each work represents her identification of
formal aesthetic issues of composition, abstraction, process, and material relationships.
Not exact matches
Earth tones are repeatedly put to good use as a contrast to strong black and white elements set upon a lighter background in paintings that reflect not only the light in Israel but the political tension that wrestles with the
formal, psychological, and
aesthetic issues proposed by the paintings.
Simultaneously, West Coast artists such as Larry Bell, John McCracken, Joe Goode and John McLaughlin, were forming their own response to these
issues and developing a Minimalist
aesthetic and set of principals that transcended the
formal aspects of the movement and relied on a more spiritual and ethereal practice.
By using a hybrid form of art - making, Jaar has consistently provoked, questioned, and searched for ways to heighten our consciousness about
issues often forgotten or suppressed in the international sphere, while not relinquishing art's
formal and
aesthetic power.
However her
aesthetic strategy differs from her predecessor in its autobiographical dimension and focus on the
issue of racial identity, while at the same time suggesting a more
formal reading with respect to materials, processes, and altered states.
In addition to
formal and
aesthetic criteria, when I develop curatorial concepts I am particularly interested in current
issues that are relevant to art - historical discourses and artistic practice, and are also generated from within them.
That said, the significance of Akerman's work for the present moment is not merely a
formal or medial matter, but is strongly connected to her programmatic interrogation of
issues that concern biography, gender, identity, and memory, all of which are framed against the backdrop of her groundbreaking exploration of the
aesthetic of everyday life.
The 225 - square - foot space, with its
formal farmhouse
aesthetic, serves as the ideal spot for Cynthia to meet clients and plan projects — many of which are cottages or historic restorations, such as The Little Inn of Bayfield (featured in Style at Home's December 2016
issue).