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Ellen Hackl Fagan
Ellen Hackl Fagan, Seeking the Sound of Cobalt Blue_Oceanic Plastic, 2015

2015

$5,200
£3,858.60
€4,494.74
CA$7,238.44
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DKK 33,536.35
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Ellen Hackl Fagan is an interdisciplinary abstract painter who uses synaesthesia, digital media and interactive performance as tools for developing a corresponding language between color and sound in her work. Focused in on the core concept in her abstract work, Fagan began creating a small series of works on paper titled “Seeking the Sound of Cobalt Blue.” This series has evolved into floor to wall installations of blue paintings on paper and on the floor that explore the nature of printmaking processes, texture and surface. Ellen Hackl Fagan is the inventor of The Reverse Color Organ and the ColorSoundGrammar Game, two projects that enable viewers to interact aurally with color. In collaboration with cognitive scientist Michael Cole and programmer Joshie Fishbein, the Reverse Color Organ is being developed into a web based app that places this synaesthetic tool into peoples’ hands to be used not only to expand the language of color, but also as a crowd-sourced musical instrument.
  • Creator:
    Ellen Hackl Fagan (1960, American)
  • Creation Year:
    2015
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 44.5 in (113.03 cm)Width: 52 in (132.08 cm)
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  • Condition:
    The painting is created on an oversized sheet of heavy rag paper. There are undulations and rough edges, some repairs from splits in the paper. These imperfections have been intentionally kept to express character.
  • Gallery Location:
    Darien, CT
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU17223597972

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