In my current paintings, I have reintroduced the idea
of illusionistic space in a way that stays true to the abstract forms that I have been experimenting with for the past 5 years.
In his recent body of work New York native, Ben Grant, continues to push the boundaries of his process as he returns to the
idea of illusionistic space.
Liz Ainslie's abstract paintings flirt between
suggestions of illusionistic space and ultra-flat graphic forms, both rendered in tense brushstrokes that seem at odds with the canvases» usually calming compositions.
As perception and a layered reading of different spaces are simultaneously engaged, the artist's loose, free - flowing technique guides the viewer into the
depths of illusionistic space.
«When I work I move back and forth between the
creation of illusionistic space and a fully non-representational relationship with the process, the surface of the picture, and even the formal considerations relating to its shape,» says Ms Adams.
He enclosed vast panoramas in abstract lines of color that created an oscillation between pure painting at the edges and
moments of illusionistic space at the center of the work.
As in the best Hodgkin paintings, a tension arises from the precarious
balance of illusionistic space and the purely abstract, tactile richness of the surface.
Within all of his fascinating pictorial fields, the artist presents us with new
visions of illusionistic space through his navigation of paint that is both innovative and assured.
Here a dynamic structure is achieved through the juxtaposition of a large monochromatic star motif painted directly on the wall against a backdrop of loose, free flowing technique on papersheets rearranged by the artist to engage the viewer into the
depths of illusionistic space.
As far as a reference to a Greenbergian kind of formalism, where you always want to show the viewer that it's only paint on canvas, a flat object as one with a compressed pictorial space, I like the idea of the objectness of the painting pinned against the
idea of illusionistic space and so on.
However, the European Pop artists never really got rid of the idea
of illusionistic space, and I for one felt closer to the use of colour by the Abstract Expressionists.