Joanne Mattera utilises a diagonally skewed grid as a structuring mechanism in her Chromatic Geometry series of paintings, enabling her to realise a set of diamonds intrinsically linked to the edges of the support, truncated by coloured triangles and
held in a pictorial space by the addition of a central horizon line that divides the painting into two different coloured grounds before which the triangles appear to float.
Not exact matches
Held's relentless search for
pictorial synthesis is even more apparent with the small paintings
in the gallery's second
space.
The volatile, yet visually highly visceral surface exudes a seductive power,
holding the gaze spell - bound
in a bewitchingly oscillating
pictorial space that, despite its flatness, points to an almost uncanny infinity.