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Melisa Taylor Metzger
Sea green Mångata (grid painting minimal wood hard-edge dopamine vibrant)

2025

$700
£526.34
€611.21
CA$977.54
A$1,084.16
CHF 569.35
MX$13,314.24
NOK 7,207.39
SEK 6,796.67
DKK 4,560.32
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Part of the Mångata series, "Sea Green" is an intimate, minimalist painting meticulously handcrafted on wood using diverse, layered techniques. This artwork combines the raw mark-making of pyrography with the structured precision of grid geometry, embodying the dualities of human existence. The scorched wood base, evocative of medical imaging, symbolizes hidden struggles and emotional depth, while a vibrant monochromatic moiré pattern introduces energy and order, tempering the turmoil beneath. Thoughtfully abstract, Melisa Taylor Metzger's Mångata series invites reflection on the complexities of our inner worlds and the personas we construct. In her contemporary practice, Melisa Taylor Metzger masterfully explores the sublime interplay between precision and blur, weaving dualities from contrasting artistic techniques. Her work merges meticulous handcraft with tool-based processes, creating what she calls faillible systems—fragile structures that culminate in a transformative final act. By integrating stencilling, airbrushed paint, and pyrography on wood surfaces, Metzger's multilayered abstractions bridge materiality and emotional depth. Her use of geometric grids, linear repetition, and curvilinear forms evokes a striking balance between mechanical order and process-based improvisation, offering a dynamic interplay of hard-edged geometry and ethereal, gestural abstraction. Metzger’s compositions, layered with vibrant patterns, echo the data-saturated screens that permeate modern life, capturing the tension of navigating a world overloaded with stimuli. Her biomorphic motifs, emerging from precise grids, invite viewers to find stillness and introspection amidst the chaos. By combining geometric abstraction and gestural techniques, her works radiate both dynamism and meditative calm. Through her innovative use of patterns and intentional material exposure, Metzger transcends the boundaries of Minimalism and Abstract Contemporary Art. Her paintings, sought after by corporate and private collections worldwide, reflect a distinct visual lexicon rooted in repetition, optical effects, and multilayered geometry. Melisa Taylor Metzger’s art transforms the frenetic energy of contemporary life into contemplative spaces, inviting global audiences to pause, rejuvenate, and reconnect.

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