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LYNN
McCARTY
April
26 - May 27, 2003 |
Lynn McCarty,
Blounce, 2003,
oil on aluminum, 30 x 50 inches
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Lynn McCarty,
Shuffle, 2003,
oil on aluminum, 12 x 24 inches
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Lynn
McCarty's paintings range in scale from 12 x 12 to 60 x 60 inches. In each
format the artist explores the dialogue of form within the parameters of
the panel with command and grace, for the first time showing a few non-square
works of horizontal format. While she approaches each piece as a "broad
visual statement," each is filled with naturally formed events suspended
in moments of evolution, not unlike nature's surprising geological wonders.
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paintings are edgy, containing amoeboid-like shapes quivering in a pool
of limpid color, while others are radiant, appearing to emanate light from
within, and finally some works have the merest suggestion of form, a whisper
of shapes by the artist, a conversation between figure and ground. McCarty
is more interested in "forming a form" than in describing a form.
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Lynn McCarty,
Sift, 2003,
oil on aluminum, 22 x 22 inches
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Lynn McCarty,
Sunset, 2003,
oil on aluminum, 22 x 22 inches
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Often
the forms seem sculptural, always physical, palpating with a sense of human
presence. New for the artist is a higher contrast between forms as well
as a bolder, more graphic sense of form. |
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miniature by any stretch of the imagination, the small panels command large
space. With scale as with color, McCarty encourages us to reconsider our
perceptions. Though these aluminum panels of unique framework and structure
are clearly paintings, they float object-like on the wall. |
Lynn McCarty,
Getting to Here, 2003,
oil on aluminum, 72 x 50 inches
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Lynn McCarty,
Black Cloud, 2002,
oil on aluminum, 22 x 22 inches
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McCarty's
commitment to the physical aspect of form is echoed by her interest in exploring
what she calls "really simple things" such as edges, color, line,
shape and space. Edges are important --hard, soft or in relief, created
by cutting through paint which she pours in thick shapes, perhaps a comment
on human boundaries. |
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builds elusive space through the vibration between opacity and transparency.
The combination of universal painting considerations with the artist's personal
dichotomies (thick-thin, minimal-cluttered, soft-hard, bright-subtle) constitute
her unique coda. In this coda McCarty finds beauty, challenge, harmony,
while never eschewing the opportunity for awkwardness or acidity, eager
for a range of visual impact. |
Lynn McCarty,
Round Peg, Square Hole, 2002,
oil on aluminum, 18 x 36 inches
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Lynn McCarty,
Resevoir, 2003,
oil on aluminum, 72x 50 inches
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McCarty, color, now up a notch in intensity, is a primary "subject"
of the painting filled with the artist's personality, her moods, her ups
and downs, her swings of life. Her palette is broad and individualistic,
ranging from colors connected to the earth, to ethereal color juxtapositions
of pure light, white next to pale yellow, next to a dollop of fuchsia--nothing
more, a full haiku in oil. |
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too is McCarty's technique, or process. The artist builds a skin of paint
on the aluminum surface using anything but brushes to pour the paint such
as eye droppers, basters, towels, squeegees, her hand. |
Lynn McCarty,
Up In It, 2003,
oil on aluminum, 18 x 18 inches
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Lynn McCarty,
Ask, 2003,
oil on aluminum, 50 x 72 inches
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Not
a fan of brush strokes, she is interested in liquidity, in building elusive,
sensual surfaces, varying in nature. While she used to sand between layers
of paint to create a smooth surface, she now allows the layers to work together,
creating a more varied surface inviting the viewer into her shimmering universe.
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McCarty was born in Phoenix, Arizona in 1961. She received a B.F.A. from
Columbus College of Art and Design, Ohio and an M.F.A. from Pratt Institute,
Brooklyn, New York. |
Lynn McCarty,
Familiar Whisper, 2003,
oil on aluminum, 36 x 36inches
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Lynn McCarty,
Island, 2003,
oil on aluminum, 42x 49inches
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McCarty's work has been shown at the Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio; Columbus
College of Art and Design, Ohio; Flint Institute of Arts, Michigan; Musee
d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France; and Pratt Institute, Brooklyn,
New York. |
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work is included the collections of The Butler Institute of American Art,
Youngstown, Ohio and she is one of ten American artists included in the
Vatican Collection, Art in Embassies Program, United States Department of
State. |
Lynn McCarty,
In Line, 2003,
oil on aluminum, 12x 12inches
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Lynn McCarty,
A Beginning, 2003,
oil on aluminum, 48x 48 inches
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McCarty is the recipient of a Ford Foundation Scholarship and a Pollock-Krasner
Grant. |
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