James Siena Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
American, b. 1957
American artist James Siena is celebrated for his inimitable process of creating intricate abstractions, driven by a practice of self-imposed rules termed visual algorithms.
Siena preemptively determines his marks and actions and repeats them procedurally as his works result in intensely concentrated, vibrantly colored, freehand compositions. His oeuvre often references diagrams, complex puzzles, labyrinths, and mapping, resulting in inward meditations that actively engage traditions of pattern and mark-making in an ongoing exploration of scale, materiality, and interaction of color.
Maneuvering across a diverse range of mediums, including painting, sculpture, drawing, lithography, etching and woodcuts, Siena’s work has placed him firmly within the canon of contemporary American art. For more than four decades, Siena’s rule-based linear abstractions have been strongly associated with the machine / human interface.
“The way the paintings act as machines,” the artist has pointed out, “is you have to find your way into them and find your way out of them.”
Born in Oceanside, California, in 1957, Siena lives and works in New York, NY, and Otis, MA.
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(Biography provided by Miles McEnery Gallery)
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Artist: James Siena
Untitled t-nail ink drawing, unique geometric abstraction hand signed framed
By James Siena
Located in New York, NY
James Siena
Untitled t-nail drawing (reference: two against two), 1999
Graphite on paper
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1990s Abstract Geometric James Siena Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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"This is for Nadine": hand signed unique marker drawing in exhibition catalogue
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James Siena
"This is for Nadine", signed drawing, 2005
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Early 2000s Abstract Geometric James Siena Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Connected Orthogonal Hooks (Green)
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JAMES SIENA
Connected Orthogonal Hooks (Green), 2015
Graphite on paper
Paper Dimensions: 11 x 8 7/16 inches
27.9 x 21.4 cm
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2010s James Siena Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Conversation with Manifold
By James Siena
Located in New York, NY
James Siena
Conversation with Manifold, 2017
Gouache on paper
Paper Dimensions: 11 x 8 3/8 inches
27.9 x 21.3 cm
Framed Dimensions: 18 x 15 3/8 x 1 3/16 inches
45.7 x 39.1 x 3 cm
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2010s James Siena Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Quadravalde
By James Siena
Located in New York, NY
James Siena
Quadravalde, 2014
Ink on paper
Paper Dimensions: 8 7/8 x 7 inches
22.5 x 17.8 cm
Framed Dimensions: 15 3/4 x 13 7/16 x 1 3/8 inches
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2010s James Siena Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink
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