HELEN MARDEN – INTERLUDE OF JOY
2026-03-02Marden paints with acrylic, resin, and powdered pigment, working on canvas panels placed on the studio floor or exterior ground. She applies vivid hues with dynamic gestures in glossy, translucent pours and looping, gestural strands across multiple white panels. Her expressive abstractions are driven by the joy of life. “I feel strongest when I’m in my studio,” she explains.
The exhibition in New York is titled after the poem “Interlude of Joy” by George Seferis, a Greek poet and the 1963 Nobel laureate in Literature. Its verses communicate the elation prompted by experiences of nature, while ending with the lament “I don’t understand people: / no matter how much they play with colours / they all remain pitch-black.”
Opposite – Sea Curl, 2025
Exhibition runs through to August 27th, 2026
Gagosian
541 West 24th Street
NY-10011
New York
