Joey Korom

Tired Box (#2 in Box series), Abstract Painting

2020

Artist Comments
This modern abstract is the second piece in artist Joey Korom's Box series. "Visual suggestions are often amusing, especially in the arts," says Joey. "With Tired Box the horizontal figure appears to rest, appears to sleep in some nebulous space reserved just for it. The previous painting in this series, Tall Box, is charged with vigor, its posture vertical. Here tiredness prevails for our friend." The piece is framed in a hand-built oak hardwood frame that measures 2" in depth and .25" thick.

About the Artist
Joey Korom is an abstract expressionist painter who has been a practicing artist for 50 years. He experiments with media, colors, and textures to produce artwork that is “purely optical;” that is, artwork meant to engage the viewer, visually and emotionally, without employing any associations outside of the work itself. Joey is passionate about this expressive type of abstraction, an artistic mode that escapes the rules of perspective and realism. His educational and professional background is in architecture, which he considers to be “the father of all arts.” The use of line, shape, and proportion in Joey’s work is visibly influenced by his experience as an architect, but he seeks to avoid the rigidity involved in architectural draftsmanship. He focuses instead on underlying structure, seductive color, and loose brushwork. The artist sees his style as a personal liberation from the demands of architectural drawing, and yet, he’s never lost the disciplines he was taught.

Words that describe this painting: abstract expressionism, modern, de Kooning, Motherwell, abstract, non-representational, modern , acrylic painting, pink, red

Tired Box (#2 in Box series)
Joey Korom
Acrylic painting on stretched canvas
Natural wood edges
Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on front and back
2020
24 in. h x 24 in. w x 2 in. d
10 lbs. 6 oz.