Abstraction x 3
dal 27/9/2005 al 31/10/2005
Segnalato da
27/9/2005
Abstraction x 3
Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana
Marilyn Ellis finds the String Theory fascinating in abstract painting as well as in music and physics. R.W. Tartter uses molten aluminum to create abstract shapes on or around a color-coated surface (primarily powder coating). Gretchen Beck's art involves the study and depiction of different aspects of the Nigerian culture.
Marilyn Ellis, Gretchen Beck and Robert Tartter
The works in this exhibition show different facets of abstract painting from
three different artists: two OCCCA members and their guest, Gretchen Beck.
Marilyn Ellis finds the String Theory fascinating in abstract painting as
well as in music and physics. The vitality of classical music or jazz
lingers on in music as in art. In physics, the String Theory either on the
microscopic or cosmic levels describes life. It affects our universe from
nanas to stars. Art can also be abstract as strings become line and color in
space. Man's ability to think in the abstract at times makes him closer to
'reality' than a photographic copy of a still life or figure. Marilyn's
art, oil on canvas or paper is full of color and line against a color field.
Her background dates from the Abstract Expressionism of the fifties and
sixties.
R.W. Tartter uses molten aluminum to create abstract shapes on or around a
color-coated surface (primarily powder coating). He is fascinated with
negative shapes, and he has always been concerned with involving the viewer
with more than the surface that is painted. He plays with the interaction
of texture, color, and light, but unlike other artists, he is not concerned
with parameters. He likes to color outside the lines, to use a geometric
shape as a starting point, but go beyond into the surrounding spaces.
Tartter¹s controlled metal paintings set up a structure in which the
background plays an equally important role. Influence by the abstract
expressionists of the 1950¹s and 60¹s has lead him to discover a new form of
painting.
Gretchen Beck directs the Art Department at Concordia University in Irvine,
CA. She also curates the university art gallery and teaches drawing,
painting, printmaking and public art classes. For the imagery she produces
as an artist, she conducts research in Niger, West Africa. Her art involves
the study and depiction of different aspects of the Nigerien culture. She
exhibits and presents her art in galleries on college and university
campuses throughout the country.
Image: Marilyn Ellis, "Strings", 2005
Reception: Saturday, October 1, 7 to 10pm
Artist Forum: Sunday, October 16, 2 to 4pm
The Orange County Center for Contemporary Art (OCCCA)
Artists Village, 117 N. Sycamore (at Second Street) - Santa Ana
Gallery Hours: Wednesday through Sunday, 11 to 4 p.m.