AbEx Redux VI

About the event

AbEx Redux VI
February 28 through March 6th
opening reception Monday, March 4th 4:00-5:00
Locker Gallery, Department of Art 

FA 321 Intermediate Painting students were asked to create a painting by borrowing the approach of a well-known innovative contemporary or modern abstract painter, or an artist working within the tradition of abstract painting but utilizing other materials. Through the creation of wholly or mostly nonrepresentational works students explored color, mark-making and the physical properties of painting at a relatively large scale. Students this semester were particularly interested in imbuing their abstract works with personal meanings and narratives. Lines and forms of the paintings were informed by song lyrics, ocean creatures and movements from dance. The resulting exhibition is a conversation around color, scale, pattern, form and authenticity in a mirthfully modernist mode.

Featured Image Information:

Madeline Goolie, Losing Game (after Grace Hartigan & Cy Twombly), acrylic and screenprint on canvas, 48″ x 36″, 2024