ANNIE LAPIN – THE PURE SPACE ANIMATE
2011-04-11In The Pure Space Animate, there is less occasion for the multi-figure groups and enigmatic narratives of previous works, with further prominence shifted to the intensive formal activity. The coherent scenic space and figural focal points which remain are yet more densely encircled and perforated by painterly forces that counteract their legibility, leaving the viewing experience characteristically unstable. One seeks and temporarily sees indications of illusionistic space – a horizon line, a column, the shadow of a tree – only to find that it behaves instead the next moment as a collection of sinuous ribbons of paint bound to the surface.And it is this contrasting visual interpretation, this unresolved chord, that Lapin seeks to strike in the interest of a phenomenological experience of works as “constantly emerging” for the viewer.
Opposite – The Pure Space Animate, 2011, Oil on canvas
Exhibition runs from May 21st to July 9th, 2011
Honor Fraser Gallery
2622 S. La Cienega Boulevard
Los Angeles
California
90034
