Valerie Jaudon "New Paintings"
Von Lintel Gallery
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Von Lintel Gallery presenta an exhibition of new paintings by New York-based artist Valerie Jaudon.
In her latest body of work, Valerie Jaudon abandons the subtle grid that ordered her previous paintings' compositions and places all emphasis on line itself. Yet her line is not a single stroke, traveling idly from point A to point B. Instead, it unfurls itself across the canvas. In following her line one must work through a thicket of curves and arcs, graceful figure eights and undulating waves which loop and double back on themselves. Her bands are unbroken and as infinite as they are complex. They enter and exit the asymmetric paintings at unexpected points, suggesting a continuous extension in either direction. To read these paintings is to engage in an act of movement.
Bands of black or white paint are either set against a raw linen ground or seemingly incised into a solid black or white field. The work is intensely material. While crisp and cleanly executed, her fluid forms retain considerable evidence of the hand, the surface thickly brushed and refractive, adding chromatic complexity to her minimal palette. Jaudon's brushwork enlivens the paintings as it pushes against the rigor of their geometry.
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Schedule
from October 18, 2012 to November 21, 2012
Opening Reception on 2012-10-18 from 18:00 to 20:00