Donald Saaf

Fish

mixed media, fabric, gouache, ink on panel

mixed media and textile on canvas

In this work, I continue the deconstruction of the Soviet myth, shifting the dialogue between porcelain and carpet ornamentation into a register of strict graphic form. Here, the cla...

Hackett’s paintings defy popular convention. They are not figurative, decorative, representative, or even completely abstract. While it is hard to tie them to any one style or movement, they manage to be a part of all of them. Hackett’s work is influenced by pattern, midcentury design, art of indigenous peoples, and the art and craft movement, combined with a loose examination of the natural world. She creates a visual environment that is both recognizable yet strangely mysterious. While steeped in art history and influenced by a range of artists from Miro to Arthur Dove, Charles Burchfield, Agnes Pelton, Florine Stettheimer...