Elise Ansel “Correspondence”
Phoenix Gallery
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I create abstract paintings that are derived from Renaissance and Baroque depictions of bacchanals and figures in the landscape. I use paint as a vehicle for feeling or sensation rather than as a means of illustration. My method is inspired by Cezanne’s idea of “le petit sensation,” of using each brush stroke to communicate a sensation that is both optical and emotional. The paintings begin with a specific pictorial point of departure but then resolve into abstraction as the representational content is balanced and ultimately eclipsed by my focus upon color, composition and the materiality of the paint. Linear, rational readings are interrupted and replaced with a capacious awareness of the sensuous possibilities of paint. The paintings reference the potential for transformation and are a meditation on the role of beauty.
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from June 19, 2013 to July 13, 2013
Opening Reception on 2013-06-20 from 18:00 to 20:00