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The FLAG Art Foundation is pleased to announce Space Between, an exhibition featuring cross-generational artists whose works in contemporary abstraction investigate the seams, tears, and edges between two and three dimensions. The exhibition, curated by Louis Grachos, Executive Director of The Contemporary Austin, and Stephanie Roach, Director of The FLAG Art Foundation, will be on view June 3 鈥� August 14, 2015 on FLAG鈥檚 9th and 10th floors. 

Artists include: Sadie Benning, Douglas Coupland, Sarah Crowner, Svenja Deininger, Tony DeLap, Thomas Demand, Olafur Eliasson, Liam Gillick, Mark Grotjahn, Andreas Gursky, Jim Hodges, Roni Horn, Wyatt Kahn, Ellsworth Kelly, Agnes Martin, Kaz Oshiro, R. H. Quaytman, Julia Rommel, S茅rgio Sister, Blair Thurman, Rebecca Ward and Rachel Whiteread Inspired by Ellsworth Kelly鈥檚 superimposed canvases Blue Relief over Green, 2004, and Dark Red Relief with White, 2005, Space Between investigates the legacy and influence of abstraction on Western art, presenting a selection of artists that enter into a conversation on history, process, and form. Many of the works included within the exhibition defy simple classification, asserting the richness of the physical territory between painting and sculpture, as well as the emotive and evocative possibilities of color and line.

Kelly鈥檚 layered canvases depart from the artist鈥檚 iconic flat-colored geometric compositions, combining color, shadow, and shape to create new dimension. Sadie Benning and Julia Rommel connect with the hard-edge color-field abstraction of the 1960鈥檚, pushing outward against the edges of the canvas through their innovative use of materials. Kaz Oshiro鈥檚 sculptural painting contorts the physical plane of the canvas, playfully breaking the traditional hard edges in a brilliant shade of hot pink. Rebecca Ward and Wyatt Kahn further deconstruct the canvas and frame (at times thread by thread) to build new compositions. Jim Hodges, Roni Horn, and Rachel Whiteread explore implied space and transitional edges through their sublime translucent works. Agnes Martin鈥檚 hand-drawn grids, both delicate and austere, are 鈥榓ll-over鈥� compositions that impart order and dimension to canvas. R. H. Quaytman infuses abstraction with the architecture, history, and poetics of the specific space, themes that appear in the monumental photographic works of Thomas Demand and Andreas Gursky.

鈥淭hrough a focused selection of work, Space Between contemplates the poetic and creative potential for abstraction to flirt and dance with the edges of opticality and experience, synthesizing a new space for the viewer,鈥� states curator Louis Grachos.