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Artist: Michael Bowen
Abstracted Pixels
By Michael Bowen
Located in Soquel, CA
Substantial and vibrant abstract by California Modernist Michael Bowen (American, 1937-2009). Watercolor on paper with over-mat. Signed "Bowen" and dated "91" on the bottom right. I...
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1990s Abstract Geometric Michael Bowen Paintings
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My work is about the way visual diagrams present information that describes how something is made or the way it is. I am interested in drawing and collaging multiple layers of information that refer abstractly to maps, architectural drawings and blueprints or patterns and structures found in such things as roller coasters, power lines and fences. I use gouache and collaged paper in a series of layers that are a visual and ideological response to the previous layer to define my pictorial space. For each piece I create a set of rules to follow about the use of a limited palette, a grid format, opacity of paper and whether a piece may include curving lines or maintain a rectilinear structure.
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Bard College 1986
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Columbia University, School of Architecture
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