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Article: Signage (Artists in Cars) curated by Joanne Freeman, Vice President of the American Abstract Artists

Signage (Artists in Cars) curated by Joanne Freeman, Vice President of the American Abstract Artists

Signage (Artists in Cars) curated by Joanne Freeman, Vice President of the American Abstract Artists

My forms are geometric, but they don’t interact in a geometric sense. They’re just forms that exist everywhere, even if you don’t see them.”

Ellsworth Kelly

Billboards and signage dominate the back highways and cities of urban America. Like most urban kids I grew up in the back seat of a car, hyper aware of signage and neon. The visual landscape of stacked letters, blinking lights, bold color, and oversized pictures became lodged in my psyche at an early age. During the mid-twentieth century many artists associated with Colorfield painting and the New York School were influenced by the massive scale of architecture, advertisements and media found in the cities.Their canvases reflected those oversized experiences. The current artists participating in Signage, utilize an abstract language of symbols, overlapping forms, idiosyncratic geometry and pure saturated color. Their choices both conscious and unconscious reference the verticality, congestion and energy of the contemporary urban environment.

Joanne Freeman

Intersecting RaysIntersecting Rays
Jessica Snow
Intersecting Rays
Painting
152.0 X 137.0 X 0.0 cm 59.8 X 53.9 X 0.0 inch Sale price£9,000.00
Bulge 24Bulge 24
Holly Miller
Bulge 24
Painting
91.5 X 91.5 X 0.0 cm 36.0 X 36.0 X 0.0 inch Sale price£4,300.00
Gong (Green, Blue)Gong (Green, Blue)
Brent Hallard
Gong (Green, Blue)
Painting
52.0 X 61.0 X 0.0 cm 20.5 X 24.0 X 0.0 inch Sale price£2,400.00
Untitled, 2014 (Id. 386)Untitled, 2014 (Id. 386)
Richard Caldicott
Untitled, 2014 (Id. 386)
Drawing
29.7 X 21.0 X 0.0 cm 11.7 X 8.3 X 0.0 inch Sale price£1,250.00
RB2 18RB2 18
Joanne Freeman
RB2 18
Painting
46.0 X 46.0 X 0.0 cm 18.1 X 18.1 X 0.0 inch

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Cut-Up Canvas II.6Cut-Up Canvas II.6
Ulla Pedersen
Cut-Up Canvas II.6
Painting
140.0 X 140.0 X 0.0 cm 55.1 X 55.1 X 0.0 inch Sale price£5,000.00
Untitled (Id. 1295)Untitled (Id. 1295)
Fieroza Doorsen
Untitled (Id. 1295)
Painting
27.5 X 21.5 X 0.0 cm 10.8 X 8.5 X 0.0 inch Sale price£1,250.00
Test Pattern 11 (Kelly)Test Pattern 11 (Kelly)
Tom McGlynn
Test Pattern 11 (Kelly)
Painting
55.8 X 83.8 X 0.0 cm 22.0 X 33.0 X 0.0 inch

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