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Carving with Color
Sugarlift is pleased to present Carving with Color, a group show featuring work by Laura Berman, Joanne Freeman, April Hannah, Liz Jaff, Sophie Klerk, Jonathan Lawes, Jon Legere, Naomi Reis, Rebecca Stern, Rene Vasquez, and Aaron Wexler.
Taking Henri Matisse’s seminal cut-out series as its organizing principle, Carving with Color is inspired by the way the artist described his process:
Toward the end of his life, weakened by illness and largely homebound, Matisse put down his paintbrush and picked up his scissors, embarking on what would be his final series: the cut-outs. Meticulous and with singular focus, he cut colorful paper into shapes which he pinned directly to his studio walls, arranging and rearranging until he achieved the desired result. While born of necessity, this shift gave rise to a burst of creative expression, freeing the artist from the limitations of drawing with which he struggled throughout his career.
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Sugarlift is pleased to present Carving with Color, a group show featuring work by Laura Berman, Joanne Freeman, April Hannah, Liz Jaff, Sophie Klerk, Jonathan Lawes, Jon Legere, Naomi Reis, Rebecca Stern, Rene Vasquez, and Aaron Wexler.
Taking Henri Matisse’s seminal cut-out series as its organizing principle, Carving with Color is inspired by the way the artist described his process:
Toward the end of his life, weakened by illness and largely homebound, Matisse put down his paintbrush and picked up his scissors, embarking on what would be his final series: the cut-outs. Meticulous and with singular focus, he cut colorful paper into shapes which he pinned directly to his studio walls, arranging and rearranging until he achieved the desired result. While born of necessity, this shift gave rise to a burst of creative expression, freeing the artist from the limitations of drawing with which he struggled throughout his career.
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