The upcoming exhibition will feature artist Nancy Brown. She believes in the viability of the idea that a painting is first an object. The meaning of her work comes from the processes and techniques used to make it. The way that the work is made resonates in the finished piece. Clearly, in her work, she shares an affinity with the artists associated with post-painterly abstraction.
Brown’s ideas come directly from the hands-on experience of making and then observing her investigations into relationships of color and form. The process is both additive and subtractive. She uses the lines of a comb to form grooves in wet paint and simultaneously leave traces of color that mark the surface of the work. The saturation of color is intensified within the grooves as light plays in between rows of increased surface area.
The opening reception for the exhibition will be on October 23, 2010 from 6:30pm to 8pm.