GAIL
& KEN RESEN
Paintings, Prints and Sculpture
April
4 May 18, 2013
Opening Reception: Thursday, April 4, from 6-8pm
This
two person show by artist couple Gail and Ken Resen illustrates
two very dramatically different, yet related directions in contemporary
abstraction. Gail creates visually kinetic works built of cut and
manipulated paper or painted canvas. They vary in scale and constitute
wall mounted reliefs intended to be studies of light and pattern
or color interaction across a surface. Her work redefined the space
between drawing and painting.
Kens
passion is also color interaction as it defines space, form and
motion to evoke emotional response. Landscape space essentially
anchors his thinking, while ambivalent space sets it free. Natural
forms often appear in Kens work, frequently abstracted inti
symbolic imagery. Blurring or visually contradicting the line between
figure and abstraction remains the core of his art.
