Arlene Slavin 'Ghost Grids' 1972

Shingo Kusuda (b. 1935) is a 20th century Japanese nonrepresentational artist working with a variety of mixed media on panel. His work is in the permanent collection of the National ...

'Salvage' oil painting on assembled, salvaged wood, created by Farrell Brickhouse (American, b. 1949) in 1980. Signed, initialed and dated on reverse.

The title of this 1982 David Shapiro (American, 1944-2014) canvas 'Subtle Body (49) - Pleasure of the Road' signals the artist is already well on his life path of translating his imp...

A David Barr wall mount sculpture entitled "Structurist Relief No. 109" 1974 acrylic on masonite.

Gouache and graphite on handmade paper. 14 x 11 inches unframed, 18.25 x 15.25 inches framed. Artist Statement: “As an artist, I find endless possibilities overwhelming and use self-imposed boundaries to focus my work. This often includes some combination of: a literal grid or graphite border, employment of barbecue skewers or wooden chopsticks in lieu of paintbrushes for mark making, use of a monochromatic or limited color palette, and a reliance on shape and pattern to tell a story. Limiting the elements at play adds a measure of gravity to each decision, and every detail about the paper, the viscosity of the paint, micro variations in hues, and even the sharpness of the point on a skewer matters. I’ve found that the more restrictions I put in place when I paint, the freer my work has become, allowing a tension to form between the organic and prescribed. Rather than sketch before starting a new piece, I spend time with the paper and begin to visualize possibilities. From there, I can expand the work incrementally. Whether I’m working in an adapted form of pointillism, playing with opacity and hue, or building patterns through repeating shape, the work evolves in its own time. It is an intentionally open process of discovery that seeks to uncover the greatest potential of the basest elements we have at our disposal”. - Kate Snow

An original piece from the series “Reticulum”, oil on thick paper, 35 x 45 cm. The origin of these paintings is very simple and is almost a game: I draw a grid and I deform it...