Daisy, 2017
Flashe and neon on linen
117 x 123 x 4 1/2 inches
Yellow exceeds the frame. Light extends beyond and bends.
The photograph integrates the work.
emerald underwater, 2017
Flashe and neon on linen
117 x 104 x 5 inches
Most striking deep red against pthalo green or viridian. Suddenly, tampon string and the stains which surround.
Blue poles. Pollock.
Jackson Pollock
Blue Poles, 1952
83 x 191 inches
Eden, 2017
Flashe and neon on linen
117 x 234 x 4 3/4 inches
Scale shift. The line does not integrate. It's a superficial appliqué.
Not sure how the neon enhances the paintings that conjure Mitchell and Frankenthaler, albeit a horizontal orientation which emphasizes land over person (as the earlier AbEx painters would). Perhaps the lit line is the mark and reminder of the human. Yellow as representation of light juxtaposed with some version of itself. Phallic and formless(ness). Firmness. Formless.
Butterfly, 2017
Flashe and neon on linen
117 x 234 x 4 1/2 inches
Light as distraction (subtraction) or addition. Arbitrary or intentional placement of light in relation to painted marks? The question, perhaps the very essence of this kind of painting. Splash. Waves.
City, 2017
Flashe and neon on linen
117 x 234 x 4 3/4 inches
Complementary play between light and paint. Two separate yet simultaneously separate systems within perception and language. Passages that construct form in terms of painted marks through lights and darks. And so, the literal light juxtaposed signifies the emphasis.
Animals, 2017
Flashe and neon on linen
117 x 234 x 4 1/2 inches
purple gecko, 2017
Flashe and neon on linen
117 x 104 x 4 inches
Mannered and spare.
Arroyo walk, 2017
Flashe and neon on linen
117 x 104 x 4 1/2 inches
Tasteful neutrals.
silver mountain cave, 2017
Flashe and neon on linen
117 x 104 x 4 inches
Rosalita, 2017
Flashe and neon on linen
117 x 104 x 3 5/8 inches
Application of paint v. Application of light.
Endless, restless viewing the way sculpture works, the way these seem to be.
Alchemy, Vulcan ritual, oil and water not mixing (flashe) the way light and pigment don't reconcile yet bind. Emulsions.
At one point, Flavin affixed a light fixture to a painted support. How is this different aside from literal, nit picky distinctions, such as neon v. fluorescent, for example?
Continual horizon(tal) quest... The line/light that divides. Like where the land meets the sea (see?).
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