Form, Figure, Abstraction
September 8 – October 8, 2022
Form, Figure, Abstraction
DC Moore Gallery is pleased to present Form, Figure, Abstraction, featuring twenty-six artists whose work on paper spans styles and generations.
The exhibition will be on view in the gallery’s project space from September 8 - October 8, 2022.
Mark Innerst, Blue and Gold From Below, 2011.
Acrylic on paper, 9 x 4 3/4 inches.
Milton Avery Romare Bearden
Charles Burchfield Paul Cadmus
Robert Colescott Robert De Niro, Sr.
Arthur Dove Janet Fish
Mary Frank Jared French
Mark Innerst Yvonne Jacquette
Valerie Jaudon Joyce Kozloff
Robert Kushner Jacob Lawrence
Whitfield Lovell John Marin
Katia Santibañez Claire Sherman
Barbara Takenaga George Tooker
Darren Waterston Jane Wilson
Alexi Worth Jimmy Wright
Using paper as the support for their works, the artists highlighted in the show take advantage of the flexibility of the medium. A looseness in line, form, and color and the immediacy of the application of medium bring an energy to each of these works. Paper allows more artistic freedom and creativity, allowing the artist to experiment, explore, and innovate.
Romare Bearden, The Family, c. 1975. Felt tip on paper, 21 x 26 inches.
Although it could be argued that some works are strictly abstract or figurative, a deeper examination reveals every work to have qualities of both.
While Romare Bearden’s drawing, The Family (c. 1975), shows members of a family gathered around a table, Bearden uses abstracted geometric shapes and patterns to fill out the scene.
Arthur Dove’s Centerport II (c. 1940) seems to be a purely abstract composition, however, there are hints of a landscape, with mountainous shapes and a blue sky.
And Mark Innerst’s vertical abstraction, Blue and Gold from Below (2011), perfectly captures the city’s bright lights and frenetic energy.
Downloads
Romare Bearden
The Family, c. 1975
Felt tip on paper
21 x 26 inches
Jacob Lawrence
Untitled (Still Life) (a.k.a. Vases: Cubist Study), 1960
Ink on paper
17 3/4 x 23 3/4 inches
Mary Frank
Landscape Woman II, 1975
Charcoal on paper
20 x 26 inches
Robert De Niro, Sr.
Kneeling Nude Figure, 1979
Charcoal on paper
19 5/8 x 25 1/2 inches
George Tooker
Study for "Three Women," 1959-60
Graphite on paper
24 x 18 inches
Jared French
Reclining Figures with Heads, c. 1960s
Pencil on paper
8 1/8 x 11 1/2 inches
Paul Cadmus
Toni El Mozo #3, 1933
Pencil on paper
12 1/4 x 9 inches
Milton Avery
Stella Twice, c. 1955
Ink and pencil on paper
13 1/2 x 16 1/2 inches
Robert Colescott
Stars Fell on Alabama, 1990
Acrylic on paper
42 x 30 inches
Robert Kushner
Minstrel, 2010
Acrylic, oil, ink, ink wash, gold leaf, and collage on antique paper
13 1/2 x 19 1/4 inches
Robert Kushner
The Sleeping Palace, 2010
Acrylic, oil, ink, ink wash, gold leaf, and collage on antique paper
13 1/2 x 30 inches
Whitfield Lovell
Marks, 1988
Oil stick and charcoal on paper
25 x 38 inches
Janet Fish
Beer Glasses, 1977
Pastel on paper
28 x 20 inches
Darren Waterston
In the Gloaming, 2022
Watercolor on rag paper
12 x 9 inches
Oscar Bluemner
Port Soho, 1935
Graphite on paper
4 1/4 x 5 5/16 inches
Arthur Dove
Centerport II, c. 1940
Watercolor and ink on paper
6 x 4 inches
Jane Wilson
Burchfield Remembered, 2008
Watercolor on paper
8 x 8 inches
Charles Burchfield
Doodle 10, n.d.
Pencil on paper
8 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches
Charles Burchfield
Doodle 11, n.d.
Ink and pencil on paper
7 3/4 x 3 3/4 inches
Claire Sherman
Grass, 2021
Mixed media on paper
12 x 9 inches
John Marin
Mount Chocorua, White Mountains, 1926
Watercolor on paper
17 x 21 3/4 inches
Jimmy Wright
Blue & Black, 2001
Pastel on paper
30 x 22 inches
Joyce Kozloff
Boys' Art #10: Mindanao, 2001-2
Mixed media on paper
16 3/4 x 11 3/8 inches
Katia Santibañez
I Know the Path, 2022
Pencil on paper
9 x 9 inches
Katia Santibañez
For Quite Awhile, 2022
Colored pencil on paper
7 3/4 x 8 inches
Katia Santibañez
When the Other, 2022
Colored pencil on paper
8 x 7 3/4 inches
Mark Innerst
Above and Below, 2011
Acrylic on paper
9 x 4 3/4 inches
Yvonne Jacquette
Night Lights, Reclining Plane I, 2007
Pastel on paper
17 x 14 inches
Barbara Takenaga
Untitled (VT1), 2017
Acrylic on paper
10 1/2 x 10 inches
Barbara Takenaga
Untitled, 2020
Acrylic on paper
12 x 10 inches
Valerie Jaudon
Map, 2012
Acrylic and watercolor on paper
18 x 24 inches
Alexi Worth
Drinking Spray #4, 2021
Ink on paper
20 7/8 x 15 / 14 inches