New Work. Cooper's approach to abstraction, a mix of pop, gestural, and expressionism, has been consistent and controlled for more than a decade, mastering a wide variety of colors and fusion of physical elements of paint.
Thrust Projects is pleased to announce an exhibition of new abstract paintings by
New York artist Elizabeth Cooper. Cooper's approach to abstraction, a mix of pop,
gestural, and expressionism, has been consistent and controlled for more than a
decade, mastering a wide variety of colors and fusion of physical elements of paint.
Her new work is an attempt to move towards a looser proposal, expanding the
pictorial plane to larger canvases and in other formats, narrow vertical canvases
that recall Asian scroll paintings. We witness her signature style of gobs, pours,
splatter of paint explosion typically from the bottom or top of the canvas undergo
an evolution as movement of the paint now fills almost the entire canvas with less
restraint, less emphasis on the paint, giving the forms a new narration.
Elizabeth
Cooper was born in Queens in 1972 and lives and works in Brooklyn. A graduate from
Cooper Union and Columbia University, the artist has consistently been exhibiting
her work in galleries and museums in New York and Europe since the mid-nineties.
Elizabeth Cooper is currently participating in "The Invitational", The National
Academy Museum, New York (May 29 - September 7) and "Unlikely", at W139, Amsterdam
(May 17 - June 22). She curated the group exhibition “FREEZE FRAME” featuring seven
of her fellow contemporaries at Thrust Projects in January 2008, with reviews in The
New York Sun, Brooklyn Rail, and artUS. Cooper will have a forthcoming one person
exhibition at Galerie Schmidt Maczolek, Cologne in the Fall of 2008. This is her
second solo exhibition at the gallery.
Opening reception: Friday, May 23rd
Thrust Projects
114 Bowery - New York
Gallery Hours: Weds – Sun noon to 6 pm
Free admission