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Spectrum Contemporary Artists in Color
Color is both a simple and complex concept鈥攁ssociated with emotions, symbols, and thoughts. Human beings learn about color at a young age and it becomes familiar. Still, the use of it as an artistic or design choice is layered and sometimes subjective.
Studies involving color 鈥渙fficially鈥� began in the 1700s. Sir Isaac Newton is credited as inventing the first color wheel, which showed sunlight divided into a spectrum. In 1810, Johann Wolfgang Goethe drew on Newton鈥檚 investigations as he explored the psychological effects of various hues. The color wheel most often used today鈥撯�揵ased on the primary shades of red, yellow, and blue鈥攚as formulated by Swiss color and art theorist, Johannes Itten, an instructor at the Bauhaus School of Applied Arts in Weimar, Germany. Modern artists, such as Josef Albers (1888-1976) and Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944), identified color as a primary element of their compositions, underscoring its use to convey ideas and expression.
While many contemporary artists use color as a principal element, Spectrum focuses on it鈥攕ometimes combined in patterns or through multiple objects鈥攁s a defining principle in form and design for work that is not figurative. This exhibition primarily features glass, ceramic, and polymer works by artists from RAM鈥檚 collection, such as Sonja Blomdahl, Sandra Byers, Rose Cabat, Jeffrey Lloyd Dever, Lindly Haunani, Cliff Lee, James Lovera, and Dante Marioni.
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Color is both a simple and complex concept鈥攁ssociated with emotions, symbols, and thoughts. Human beings learn about color at a young age and it becomes familiar. Still, the use of it as an artistic or design choice is layered and sometimes subjective.
Studies involving color 鈥渙fficially鈥� began in the 1700s. Sir Isaac Newton is credited as inventing the first color wheel, which showed sunlight divided into a spectrum. In 1810, Johann Wolfgang Goethe drew on Newton鈥檚 investigations as he explored the psychological effects of various hues. The color wheel most often used today鈥撯�揵ased on the primary shades of red, yellow, and blue鈥攚as formulated by Swiss color and art theorist, Johannes Itten, an instructor at the Bauhaus School of Applied Arts in Weimar, Germany. Modern artists, such as Josef Albers (1888-1976) and Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944), identified color as a primary element of their compositions, underscoring its use to convey ideas and expression.
While many contemporary artists use color as a principal element, Spectrum focuses on it鈥攕ometimes combined in patterns or through multiple objects鈥攁s a defining principle in form and design for work that is not figurative. This exhibition primarily features glass, ceramic, and polymer works by artists from RAM鈥檚 collection, such as Sonja Blomdahl, Sandra Byers, Rose Cabat, Jeffrey Lloyd Dever, Lindly Haunani, Cliff Lee, James Lovera, and Dante Marioni.
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