Elisabeth Condon "Climb the Black Mountain"

Lesley Heller Workspace

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Exploded pours of paint determines the initial compositions in my paintings. To their improvisational shapes and translucent colors I add images and idioms from places lived or traveled, particularly Asia. The multiple points of view, stacked spaces and expressive brushwork in Chinese painting are a major influence in my work. Walking through an Asian city immerses me in a landscape that combines 1960s LA and contemporary Manhattan, fusing childhood and adulthood together. This is exacerbated by not speaking Mandarin, which conjures the silence of my formative years (when I did not speak until 4 years old). Such factors flatten the spatial dimension and heighten the visual sense, as if roaming inside a traditional Chinese scroll. Contingencies such as pours, collage elements and gestural marks create space for imaginary wandering that is liberated from a single vantage or image.
-Artist Statement
[Image: Elisabeth Condon 2010 "Hello Yello" Acrylic on linen 37 x 48 in.]

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from April 13, 2011 to May 15, 2011

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