Terrell James "Mooring"

Jason McCoy, Inc. (Midtown)

poster for Terrell James "Mooring"

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Highly evocative and abstract, the paintings in "Mooring" were either developed during or after James' three-months stay in Berlin, Germany, (September–November 2009). Signifying "a line that holds a boat in place," the exhibition title addresses the artist's search for finding her place and finding a new place in her painting while abroad. James' paintings and works on paper resemble a stream of thought that while freely associative, becomes more edited upon contemplation. In the tradition of 20th Century abstract painting, James employs the immediacy of gesture and the spontaneity of impulse to describe what surrounds and moves her. Meanwhile, her time in Berlin had a profound impact her art making. It has led her to an expansion in attention and scope. Though remaining abstract, James' new body of work reveals two new sentiments in particular. The compositions are defined by density, reflecting the amount of intellectual, cultural and historic stimuli she found in the foreign city. In addition, some of her paintings contain an underpinning of darkness. James' works are characterized by her investigation of the self and slumbering emotional content, which in this case capture the complex emotions the artist encountered when researching and absorbing fragments of Germany's past.

[Image: Terrell James "The Power of Choosing You" (2009) oil on linen 23.5 x 27.5 in.]

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from May 06, 2010 to July 02, 2010

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Terrell James

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