Form, Figure, Abstraction
DC Moore Gallery is pleased to present Form, Figure, Abstraction, featuring twenty-six artists whose work on paper spans styles and generations. The exhibition will be on view in the gallery鈥檚 project space from September 8 - October 8, 2022.
Using paper as the support for their works, the artists highlighted in the show take advantage of the flexibility of the medium. A looseness in line, form, and color and the immediacy of the application of medium bring an energy to each of these works. Paper allows more artistic freedom and creativity, allowing the artist to experiment, explore, and innovate.
Although it could be argued that some works are strictly abstract or figurative, a deeper examination reveals every work to have qualities of both. While Romare Bearden鈥檚 drawing, The Family (c. 1975), shows members of a family gathered around a table, Bearden uses abstracted geometric shapes and patterns to fill out the scene. Arthur Dove鈥檚 Centerport II (c. 1940) seems to be a purely abstract composition, however, there are hints of a landscape, with mountainous shapes and a blue sky. And Mark Innerst鈥檚 vertical abstraction, Blue and Gold from Below (2011), perfectly captures the city鈥檚 bright lights and frenetic energy.
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DC Moore Gallery is pleased to present Form, Figure, Abstraction, featuring twenty-six artists whose work on paper spans styles and generations. The exhibition will be on view in the gallery鈥檚 project space from September 8 - October 8, 2022.
Using paper as the support for their works, the artists highlighted in the show take advantage of the flexibility of the medium. A looseness in line, form, and color and the immediacy of the application of medium bring an energy to each of these works. Paper allows more artistic freedom and creativity, allowing the artist to experiment, explore, and innovate.
Although it could be argued that some works are strictly abstract or figurative, a deeper examination reveals every work to have qualities of both. While Romare Bearden鈥檚 drawing, The Family (c. 1975), shows members of a family gathered around a table, Bearden uses abstracted geometric shapes and patterns to fill out the scene. Arthur Dove鈥檚 Centerport II (c. 1940) seems to be a purely abstract composition, however, there are hints of a landscape, with mountainous shapes and a blue sky. And Mark Innerst鈥檚 vertical abstraction, Blue and Gold from Below (2011), perfectly captures the city鈥檚 bright lights and frenetic energy.
Artists on show
- Alexi Worth
- Arthur Dove
- Barbara Takenaga
- Charles Ephraim Burchfield
- Claire Sherman
- Darren Waterston
- George Tooker
- Jacob Lawrence
- Jane Wilson
- Janet Fish
- Jared French
- Jimmy Wright
- John Marin
- John Marin
- Joyce Kozloff
- Katia Santibanez
- Mark Innerst
- Mary Frank
- Milton Avery
- PaJaMa
- Paul Cadmus
- Robert Colescott
- Robert De Niro Sr.
- Robert Kushner
- Romare Bearden
- Valerie Jaudon
- Whitfield Lovell
- Yvonne Jacquette
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