Not exact matches
Paul Behnke's curatorial criteria for the show Eight Painters are compellingly straightforward: «an individual, rigorous vision; a certain ambition without regard for scale or a
specific way of making a
painting; and an abiding belief in the ability of
paint - and specifically, the
genre of abstraction - to best communicate the artist's appetite and inventiveness.»
Many of Cain's strokes, drips, and flat planes of
paint recall movements past — largely male - dominated
genres — while her
specific colors, pleasurable and redolent of popular culture, music, fashion, and perceived grounds of femininity, invoke an artist navigating her lived world.
In this
painting, a cross section of objects and time periods and art
genres converge with Schoultz's
specific reference points.
A pioneer of multimedia
genre - bending installations, Jessica Stockholder's site -
specific interventions and autonomous floor and wall pieces have been described as «
paintings in space.»
The multidisciplinary Chilean artist's work addresses critical issues of the modern era — ecological destruction, feminism, human rights, and cultural homogenization — through her
genre - bending projects uniting poetry, performance,
painting, and site -
specific installations that span more than 40 years.