Shapes of Abstraction

March 22 - June 15, 2014

SHAPES OF ABSTRACTION

Exhibition Date: March 22 - June 15, 2014
Reception Date: Saturday, March 22, 2014 - 2pm

Shapes of Abstraction presents a study of form and color of new acquisitions with an ekphrastic poem (description of a visual work of art) by Kathleen Flenniken. Curated by Exhibitions Director Lisa Young. 

Mark Tobey - From Suite of Seven: Transitions Trio, 1970, aquatint; Gift of Anne Gould Hauberg

Thick white vertical organic shapes rest on top of grey lines against a black background.

Mark Tobey, From Suite of Seven: Transitions Trio, 1970, Aquatint (1 of 7), 12.5” x 9.5”
1986.009.053, MoNA, gift of John & Anne Gould Hauberg

Two cartoony figures are dressed up up in costumes.

Joe Max Emminger, Halloween Lopez Island, 2012, Acrylic on paper
2012.292.010, MoNA, gift of Joe Max Emminger and Julie Paschkis

Three black shapes against a white field of cracked paint. The shapes are a small circle, a large circle with a chunk taken out, and a rounded trapezoid that has been hole punched to leave a negative space.

Zobra Wambleska, Eclipse #1-5 (5 objects), 2008, Encaustic on canvas on board, 16” x 16” (each)
2013.324.243, MoNA, gift of Dorothy Bird