Charles Pollock "Stacked Color: Paintings from the 1960s"

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In these works from the 1960s, Charles Pollock continued his exploration of color and, in fact, made it his main focus. Along these lines, he began to simplify the structure of his paintings. He made his compositions less dense and moved from biomorphic to geometric form. Monochromatic grounds are contrasted with rectangular shapes that are made of diagonal and harmonizing color stacks. Emanating a strong transcendental quality, these ethereal constructs seem to be floating in space, at once emergent from and receding into the surrounding atmosphere. Hinting at the underlying theme of existentiality, Pollock stated in 1965 that to him “color [...was] the means by which a dialogue is possible between the painter and his world.”

[Image: Charles Pollock "#94 (Untitled)" (1967) Acrylic on canvas 84 x 50 in.]

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from May 08, 2008 to June 14, 2008

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Charles Pollock

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