French street artist Nadège Dauvergne is about to take her wonderful creations, formed from
a hybrid of classical painting and street art, to Le Cabinet d'Amateur in Paris.
Given my involvement as a geometric abstract painter over the years, I have indelibly respected and admired Ortman's block - like
paintings, each built in a
hybrid manner related to a kind
of folk constructivism — a way
of working that recalls some strains
of classical music, such as Bartók and Dvorak, and to a lesser extent, the folk - style sculpture
of H. C. Westermann and the faux - systemic
paintings of Alfred Jensen recently shown at Pace.