Anne Truitt in Japan Matthew Marks Gallery 523 West 24th St. New York, N.Y. 10011 September 11th. – October 24th, 2015 Anne Truitt The Anne Truitt in Japan exhibit is on display at the Matthew Marks Gallery on 523 West 24th Street New York, N.Y., 10011. The show started September 11th and will continue until October 24th. This is a solo exhibit featuring the works of Anne Truitt. The gallery contains two rooms, one large front room and one smaller backroom. As you enter the first of the two rooms, the large spacing between each piece and the varying dimensions of the works in frames is immediately evident. Each frame uses glass and has a thin white border. This type of frame is used for every piece throughout the show. All pieces displayed in the exhibition are works on paper. Truitt uses some form of painting or drawing medium for these works on paper, which depict simple forms and lines. The paper does not fill the space within the frame but is centered. Some works use techniques such as complementary colors to create optic vibrations, while others use congruent forms of equal value to create the illusion of melding forms. Within the drawing plane, every form and line is curiously placed in unexpected arrangements. This curious arrangement is then reflected by the unusual sizes of each work. Some pieces are ‘tall and thin’ while others are ‘short and wide.’ Precision appears to be important in execution and presentation to Truitt as demonstrated by the exhibition. The second and final room continues the use of varying dimensions and evenly spaced works, as seen in the front room. These pieces are clearly larger than those in the first room, paradoxically being in the smaller of the two. These works are, aesthetically, a simple continuation of the pieces viewed when first entering the gallery. Geometric shapes and angles play on the preconceptions of the viewer. Lines create patterns on the drawing plane, but only certain parts of the pattern are filled, with different colors, and sometimes only partially. This reinforces the “unexpected” motif one can surmise to be part of Truitt’s intent for this body of work; from the shapes and angles that do not follow our assumptions, to how they are placed. Every work in the show only uses linear and geometric content. Having these images on paper with such obvious frayed edges seems counterproductive in Truitt’s theme of precision in all aspects of her exhibit. Overall, Anne Truitt in Japan show can be seen as an exhibit that challenges the viewer to move through space in a visually attentive and detail-oriented state. Image 1
Truitt '66 [29] 1966 Acrylic on paper 11 x 27 1/2 inches; 28 x 70 cm Image 2 Rice-Paper Drawing [15] 1965 Ink on Japanese rice paper 12 1/4 x 9 inches; 31 x 23 cm Image 3 Truitt ’67 [6] 1967 Acrylic on paper 27 ½ x 41 inches; 70 x 104 cm
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Paola
10/21/2015 08:14:17 am
First walking into this exhibition I was discouraged because the title was so engaging, but your description brings the artwork to life. It is a very encouraging description that makes me want to go back and give it a second try.
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