Jonathan Horowitz
Subtitle: leftover paint abstractions
By: with an essay by Joshua Decter and a conversation with Simon Castets
Contributors: Decter, Joshua; Castets, Simon; Galerie Xavier Hufkens (Brussels, Belgium)
Publisher: Xavier Hufkens
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Brussels, Belgium
Language: eng
Number of pages: 67
ISBN-13: 9789491245206
Subjects: Exhibitions; Abstract Painting
Other titles: Leftover paint abstractions
Description: The Leftover Paint Abstractions are made from hundreds of layers of paint, built up over time in splattered dots and drips. From a distance, optical melding creates a field of color. On closer view, a dense weave of hundreds of thousands of dots becomes visible, revealing a methodology that owes as much to Pointillism as Abstract Expressionism. In addition to its optical quality, the accumulated paint forms a highly textured surface, like an otherworldly, mountainous terrain. This 'natural' world contrasts with the naturalness of the coarse, raw linen underneath the paint, still visible on the sides of the stretchers. Exhibition: Xavier Hufkens Galerie, Brussels, Belgium (08.03.-14.04.2018).
Notes: Catalog of an exhibition held at Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, March 8-April 14, 2018.