Mitchell Plotkin

Rain on Glass

2025

This abstract painting exudes a sense of fluidity and energy, evoking the impression of light filtering through water or reflections on a shimmering surface. The composition is domin...

Venerate “to hold in high regard” What we value shapes how we have come to look at ourselves. Artist statement: Youth, health, strength and beauty; these are things most Americans ...

The present work of art titled "Urban Abstraction (ripped off posters)" is part of a series of paintings that the artist composed in the 1980s and 1990s inspired by the observation of the urban reality of those years. The artist take the cue from his walks in Florence, both in the center and in the suburbs, and by the observation of billboards and posters scattered throughout the city. The mass of information, colors, messages and words were carried on the canvas with acrylic colors, ideally reconstructing the tears and overlaps of all the information and advertising contained on these huge sheets of paper that invade our cities. The geometric lines are overlaid with jagged lines, overlaps and color dripping and also the choice in the color palette, with different shades of white, gray, rose, orange red and blue helps in rendering the result of the tears and ripped paper. The result is a beautiful multicolored modern abstract canvas, both aesthetically and ethically, with many rich layers of color, texture and expression in which the artist leaves his own message. The painting is housed in a simple modern white lacquer wood frame. Andrea Spinelli...

I filled the canvas with a lot of emojis - the red hearts, during the Covid-19 lockdown. Most of the hearts are wearing a mask. The abstract of this painting is about my speculations...