"East End Abstraction: Six Directions," a show curated by Arlene Bujese, will open next Thursday at the Spanierman Gallery in East Hampton. Fostered by traditions of abstract painting on Long Island, the six artists "seek to define personal aesthetic idioms within an abstract rubric, while drawing inspiration from their peers and historical sources," according to the gallery's Web site.
In her work, Darlene Charneco begins with painterly surfaces on board, defines space and imagery using numerous hammered in nails, and adds additional paint and acrylic medium to her surfaces. Josh Dayton has integrated his early, expressive, abstract figurative works into a more simplified format, with large paintings of overlapping shapes and gestural slashes of acrylic paint on a flat ground.
Carol Hunt relies on color and gesture to produce openly expressive paintings that find inspiration in nature, music, and world culture, whereas Fulvio Massi fills areas of canvases that are usually white by building his surfaces with a myriad of drawn, overlapping, curvilinear lines, and somewhat spare areas of subtle color.
Sculptures by Jonathan Thomas stand as totemic sentinels. His black acrylic on wood forms are embellished with pieces of rope and wood to give the impression of individual personages.
Finally, the sculptures of Hans Van de Bovenkamp, who works primarily in welded bronze or aluminum, are informed by cultural iconography, mythology, and philosophical concepts. The show can be seen through Oct. 27. |
A sculpture by Hans Van de Bovenkamp in "East End Abstraction: Six Directions" at Spanierman Gallery |
