NYAB Event - Elizabeth Winton Exhibition

Elizabeth Winton Exhibition

CUE Art Foundation

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Artist's Statement

I build, rather than render, space in my paintings. I construct with paper and pigment; framing, folding, tearing, peeling off, and laying materials on top. I add forms to emphasize a bluntness of object or body, and simultaneously reach for a larger sense of air or expanse. Edges restrict and contain, but also interact, suggesting continuation, movement, and sensation.

My recent paintings include pieces from my prints created as collagraphs. I begin a collagraph by painting on board with clear acrylic mediums, forming an image whose later visibility is determined by the degree to which its surface collects or repels ink. The malleability and receptivity of paper to mark under the extreme physical pressure of the press allows me new access to dualities inherent in my work, such as touch and remove, distance and immediacy.

Rather than work toward polish, I am focused on individual states of formation and continued mutation. As the paper's delicate surface merges with wood and other mediums underneath, I find new range. I leave paper fragments partially adhered to my paintings, reflecting a natural state of exploration, allowing for real movement, highlighting the material's fragility, and furthering implications of impermanence and change.