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Macyn Bolt

1954
(USA) AMERICAN

Macyn Bolt 是一位美国抽象画家。通过受几何抽象启发的视觉语言,他创作的艺术作品探讨了颜色和形态如何引发视觉感知的变化。 他现居并工作于纽约布鲁克林及宾夕法尼亚州北部。

教育背景

Bolt 于1979年毕业于密歇根州大急流城的卡尔文学院,获得美术学士学位,并于1981年在雪城大学获得美术硕士学位。

技法

Bolt 使用丙烯颜料在多种表面上作画,包括画布、木板、乙烯基和纸张。通过刮刀和调色刀,他叠加多层颜料,创造出既光滑又手工感十足的表面。他常常努力实现强烈的对比区域,探索绘画质感与平面、松散与不透明之间的关系。这种对比也在颜色之间的关系中得到进一步探讨。他的创作过程反映了他在作品构图中寻求大胆与细腻之间平衡的追求。

尺度也是他作品的重要方面。他的小型作品起始尺寸约为16 x 15英寸,营造出亲密的观赏体验。他的大型作品尺寸可达84 x 180英寸,包围观众进入沉思的美学空间。尺寸的差异带来了多样的感知体验,这对作品本身至关重要。

灵感

Bolt 的灵感来源于空间关系所激发的“视觉谜题”,以及颜色与形态之间的相互作用。他的简约单色作品探讨了视觉感知中戏剧性与细微的变化。他关注所谓的“抽象绘画空间中独特的反射与镜像特质”。他的作品邀请观众进入沉思体验,感受具体与幻象空间之间不断变化的极性。

相关引言

新泽西州莫里斯敦 Simon Gallery 画廊主兼策展人 Harry Simon 于2016年这样评价 Bolt 的作品:

这些画作代表了Bolt过去三年采用的新视觉基础,利用对称分割的构图来呈现开放与封闭的形态、相互交织的形状和幻象空间。通过这种方式,他肯定了空间理解的复杂且常常矛盾的本质。

艺术家、评论家、作家及“关于绘画”展览策展人 Timothy Van Laar

展览

Macyn Bolt 曾在美国多个个人及群展中展出作品。

收藏

Macyn Bolt 的作品被众多企业和机构收藏,包括纽瓦克博物馆、大急流城艺术博物馆、布兰顿艺术博物馆、博卡拉顿艺术博物馆、Progressive Companies、Janet Turner 版画博物馆、德意志银行、摩根大通和TIAA-CREF。

画廊

Simon Gallery,莫里斯敦,新泽西
DM Contemporary,纽约市
Chandra Cerrito Contemporary,加利福尼亚州奥克兰

Education

1981 M.F.A., Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
1979 B.F.A., Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2017 “Twisted Logic - Paintings by Macyn Bolt,” Sussex Community College, Newton, NJ
2017 “Warm Up, Chill Down, Thaw Out,” DM Contemporary, New York, NY (three Person)
2016 Simon Gallery, Morristown, NJ
2014 Kim Foster Gallery, New York, NY
2014 Simon Gallery, Morristown, NJ
2006 Kim Foster Gallery, New York, NY
2003 Kim Foster Gallery, New York, NY
2002 I space, Chicago, IL
2001 Kim Foster Gallery, New York, NY
1998 Kim Foster Gallery, New York, NY
1991 Hal Bromm Gallery, New York, NY
1988 Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI
1988 Hal Bromm Gallery, New York, NY
1987 San Antonio Art Institute, San Antonio, TX
1986 Hal Bromm Gallery, New York, NY

Selected Group Exhibitions

2017 “This Ones for You” summer show, DM Contemporary Gallery, New York, NY
2016 “The Indian Summer Show,” DM Contemporary Gallery, New York, NY
2016 “About Painting,” Simone DeSousa Gallery, Detroit, MI
2015 “40 - The Anniversary Exhibition,” Hal Bromm Gallery, New York, NY
2015 “The Circle and Square Game,” Strohl Art Center, Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, NY
2015 “The Lightness of Being: Part II,” Allyn Gallup Contemporary Art, Sarasota, FL
2015 “Satellite,” Pop-up exhibit in NYC, Chandra Cerrito Gallery, Oakland, CA
2014 “Sequential Abstraction,” Kim Foster Gallery, New York, NY
2013 “Constructed Space,” Kim Foster Gallery, New York, NY (three person)
2012 Kim Foster Gallery, New York, NY
2010 Heidi Cho Gallery, New York, NY (two person)
2010 “Stratigraphic,” Chandra Cerrito Contemporary, Oakland, CA
2010 Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI
2007 “Doupolis,” Chandra Cerrito Contemporary, Oakland, CA
2006 Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006 Allyn Gallup Contemporary Art, Sarasota, FL
2005 Flaten Art Museum, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN (two person)
2004 Morgan Lehman Gallery, Lakeville, CT
2002 Kim Foster Gallery, New York, NY
2001 Signal 66 Gallery, Washington D.C. (two person)
1996 “Essence,” Radix Gallery, New York, NY
1995 “Under Glass,” Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY
1995 Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY
1994 “About Color,” Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY
1987 “The Fictional Figure,” Caroline Lee Gallery, Houston, TX
1986 Matthew Scott Gallery, Miami, FL
1986 “TEN,” Hal Bromm Gallery, New York, NY
1985 Marianne Deson Gallery, Chicago, IL
1985 “Stigmata,” Bond Gallery, New York
1985 Minnesota Museum of Art, St. Paul, MN (three person)
1985 “The 39th Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting,” The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (traveled to various venues)
1984 Bonnier Gallery, New York, NY
1984 “Totem,” Bonnier Gallery, New York, NY

Bibliography

Michael Hartnett, “Abstract Perspective, Macyn Bolt,” Milford Journal, December 2017
Anthony Bannon, The Chautauquan Daily, August 13, 2015
DeWitt Cheng, “Stratigraphic Aggregates,” East Bay Express, October 2010
Jakki Spear, East Bay Express, December 26, 2007
Matthew Guy Nichols, “Macyn Bolt: Recent Work,” exhibition catalog, Kim Foster Gallery, 2006
Ken Johnson, New York Times, September 14, 2001
Robert Murdock, Review Magazine, April 1, 1998
Deborah Yellin, ARTnews, September 1991
William Zimmer, New York Times, December 23, 1990
Alexander Enders, Art & Antiques, December 1990
Eleanor Heartney, “Macyn Bolt: Recent Sculpture and Drawing,” exhibition catalog, Grand Rapids Art Museum, 1988
Tony Towle, Art in America, December 1987
Dan Goddard, San Antonio Express News, August 9, 1987
Matthew Rose, Arts Magazine, April 1987
William Zimmer, New York Times, November 7, 1986
Robert Mahoney, Arts Magazine, May 1986
Matthew Rose, Arts Magazine, February 1986
David A. Fryxell, “The Ones to Watch,” Ozark Magazine, February 1985
Mary Roth Riordan, “Macyn Bolt/David Smith - Greenwood,” Detroit Focus Quarterly, March 1985
Lisa Lyons, The 39th Corcoran Biennial Exhibition of American Painting, exhibition catalogue, 1985
Stephen Kaplan, “Totem” exhibition catalogue, 1984

Collections

Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI
Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas, Austin, TX
Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
Janet Turner Print Museum, California State University, Chico, CA
Capital Group Companies, Inc.
Deutsche Bank
Marsh and McLennan Risk Capital Corporation
JPMorgan Chase Bank
Progressive Companies
Prudential Insurance Company
TIAA-CREF
Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP
White and Case, LLP