Deborah Curtiss
East Gallery
January 2 – February 2, 2019
Curtiss, explores a unique and alluring synthesis of drawing and painting on unprimed linen canvases, most of which are “trapezial”: four sides of unequal length. With no edge a true vertical or horizontal, she awakens realities that lie beyond the obvious.
The figure drawings are inspired by old masters which are superimposed with images from city planning and/or the built environment. The names of the paintings are derived from 3-letter permutations from the phrase ars longa (art is/lives long/forever).
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ARS, graphite and acrylic on unprimed linen canvas, 28 x 30 x 48 x 50 inches, Boucher, 1929 NYC Highway Plan, $2,150 -
AAR, graphite and acrylic on unprimed linen canvas, 30 x 32 x 38 x 40 inches, Carracci, Plazzo Vecchio, Florence, $2,150 -
ONG, graphite and acrylic on unprimed linen canvas, 22 x 24 x 46 x 48 inches, Boucher, 1890 Map of Sydney, $2,150 -
RSL, graphite and acrylic on unprimed linen canvas, 22 x 24 x 46 x 48 inches, Goltzius, 1869 section, London Underground, $2,150 -
RYSA from the Chrysalis drawing/paintings, graphite and acrylic on unprimed linen canvas, 38 x 40 x 52 x 54 inches, 1991
