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Laura Newman

1956
(USA) AMERICAN

Laura Newman 是一位美國抽象藝術家。她創作生動且充滿活力的畫作,展現了手勢筆觸、硬邊幾何空間佈局與層疊建築構圖之間的和諧平衡。Newman 出生於俄亥俄州克里夫蘭,目前居住並工作於紐約布魯克林。

教育背景

Laura Newman 獲得 Cooper Union 藝術學院的美術學士學位,並曾在加州藝術學院及新斯科舍藝術設計學院研究所就讀。她曾獲得約翰·西蒙·古根海姆基金會、美國羅馬學院、紐約藝術基金會、Yaddo、麥克道威爾藝術殖民地及美國藝術與文學學院的獎學金與獎項。自1998年起擔任瓦薩學院藝術系副教授,曾任教於耶魯大學藝術學院、布朗大學、新斯科舍藝術設計學院、普瑞特學院及 Cooper Union 藝術學院。

技法

Newman 在布魯克林威廉斯堡社區一間充滿光線的工作室作畫。她的創作包括以油畫和壓克力為主的大型畫布,以及以墨水、水彩和其他媒材創作的小型紙上作品。

她的技法包括染色、傾倒,以及結合手勢與細膩筆觸的標記。談及她的創作過程,Newman 表示:「我的畫作常以特定地點的獨特特質作為出發點,但我嘗試不帶預設觀念地接近畫面,並透過即興創作發現形態。...

她完成的畫作結合了幾何空間的界定、短暫的色彩場、動態線條與有機形態,呈現出富有氛圍的畫面,讓人聯想到具象風景,但同時又開啟了更深層、更超越的意境。

Newman 的畫作看似迅速完成,因她重視新鮮感;但實際上需要長時間完成。藝術家先確立視覺概念的基礎,反覆修整畫作,直到達成既熟悉又令她驚喜的畫面。

 

靈感來源

Newman 經常從工作室窗外的景色獲得靈感,窗外是城市上方一大片天空。開闊的空氣與城市景觀中建構與拆解的交織形成對比。她的作品常探討建築環境的限制與開放空間的自由之間的互動。窗框元素有時會出現在她的畫作中,營造空間層次間的距離感。Newman 對具象與抽象之間的互動感興趣。她追求一種形式、線條、色彩與空間關係的語言,既可形式上解讀,也可抽象理解,或更廣泛地詮釋為虛構、幻象般的環境。

藝術家聲明

「當我能感受到畫中空間時,畫作對我而言才真正活了起來。在我近期的畫作中,筆觸凝聚成結構,作為空間的容器,並融合多種形式手法,包括硬邊幾何形狀、鬆散的手勢乾刷墨跡及建築參考。對我來說,繪畫是發現影像的過程。透過反覆創作、層疊與覆蓋,我試圖定位一個具體卻無法命名的地方,擁有其獨特的重力與節奏,既令我驚喜又讓我認同。」

相關引述

Two Coats of Paint 計畫創辦人 Sharon Butler 於2012年對 Laura Newman 如此評述:

「Laura Newman 的色彩總是甜美卻脆弱……看似隨意的色彩形狀脈動、咬合並盤旋,就像她在威廉斯堡工作室外觀察的鴿子……[Newman 的畫作]起初令人愉悅,隨後故意混淆我們的期待,讓我們自行理清視角、神秘形狀與敘事暗示。這些畫作溫柔提醒我們,事物並非總如表面般。」

收藏

Laura Newman 的作品被多個機構永久收藏,包括大通曼哈頓銀行、IBM 公司、保誠保險公司及亞利桑那大學。

展覽

Laura Newman 曾於紐約舉辦多場個展,並參與美國東岸及加拿大的畫廊與博物館群展。她的作品廣受報導,刊載於《Artforum》、《紐約時報》及《布魯克林鐵路》等刊物。

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Education

1981 The Nova Scotia College of Art and Design Halifax Graduate Program
1978 The Cooper Union School of Art New York BFA
1977 The California Institute of the Arts Valencia California

Solo Exhibitions

2017 University of Connecticut Storrs Connecticut
2012 Laura Newman Recent Paintings Jen Bekman Gallery New York
2011 Air 1 GAP Gallery Brooklyn New York
2010 Glass Walls and Billboards Nova Scotia College of Art and Design Halifax
2007 Lesley Heller Gallery New York
2004 Skies and Highways Randolph-Macon College Ashland Virginia
2002 Bellwether Gallery New York
1996 Tenri Gallery New York
1987-89 Victoria Munroe Gallery New York

Selected Group Exhibitions

2018 Laura Newman and Marcy Rosenblat 490 Atlantic Gallery Brooklyn May
2016 Machines of Paint and Other Materials 72 Front Street Brooklyn
2016 Conference of the Birds Shirley Fiterman Art Center at BMCC New York
2016 Surface Two Arena Brooklyn New York
2016 Inside Out Art 101 Brooklyn New York
2015 Working in NYC Central Connecticut University New Britain Connecticut
2015 Paperazzi 3 Janet Kurnatowski Gallery Brooklyn New York
2014 My Big Fat Painting Brian Morris Gallery New York
2014 Clouds Lesley Heller Workspace New York
2013 Rockslide Sky Fordham University at Lincoln Center New York
2012 What’s the Point Jen Bekman Gallery New York
2012 Charles Hagen Photographs Laura Newman Paintings Carol Shen Gallery Packer Collegiate Institute Brooklyn New York
2011 Little Languages/Coded Pictures Lesley Heller Fine Art New York
2010 Rhyme not Reason curated by John Yau Janet Kurnatowski Gallery
2009 Mary Carlson and Laura Newman Big Small/Casual Gallery Long Island City
2008 The 183rd Annual Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary American Art The National Academy of Design New York
2006 Air Monya Rowe Gallery New York
2002 Art on Paper The Weatherspoon Art Museum Greensboro North Carolina
1998 Current Undercurrent The Brooklyn Museum New York
1997 Dreams and Dislocations Elizabeth Harris Gallery New York
1995 Temporarily Possessed The New Museum New York
1992 American Academy of Arts and Letters New York
1984 New Work The New Museum New York

Publications

2017 The Drawer Revue de Dessin Volume 12 Untitled March selected by Barbara Soyer
2016 Machines of Paint Art Critical link
2015 No Shape Bends The River So Long Monica Berlin and Beth Marzoni cover
2014 Art Critical My Big Fat Painting link
2012 Rockslide Sky an exhibition inspired by Roberto Bolaño’s story Gomez Palacio catalog curated by Carleen Sheehan
2012 Bloom 20 x 200 Editions Digital Print Edition
2012 Rorschach 20 x 200 Editions Digital Print Edition
2012 Sharon Butler Two Coats of Paint October 2 link
2011 Laura Newman interviewed by Emily Auchincloss NYArts Magazine October
2010 Amy Sillman “Never Trust a Laura Newman Vertical” Artcritical.com September 9 Revised essay
2010 Laura Newman Glass Walls and Billboards catalog Essays by Amy Sillman and John Yau NSCAD University Halifax
2008 The National Academy Museum The 183rd Annual Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary American Art catalog
2007 Stephanie Buhmann exhibition review The Brooklyn Rail October
2004 Laura Newman Skies and Highways catalog Randolph-Macon College Ashland Virginia
2002 Martha Schwendener Artforum Magazine Summer Exhibition Review
2002 Judith Linhares "Laura Newman" Bomb Magazine Spring
1996 Roberta Smith The New York Times June 21

Fellowships and Residencies

2017 2015 The American Academy in Rome Visiting Artist Residency
2015 Yaddo Residency
2014 American Academy in Rome Visiting Artist Residency
2002-2016 Vassar College Faculty Research Award
2010 Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University Residency Halifax
1996 New York Foundation of the Arts Fellowship Painting
1992 American Academy of Arts and Letters Rosenthal Award
1985 Yaddo Residency
1985 MacDowell Colony Residency
1981 John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship in Painting
1980 Rome Prize Fellowship in Painting The American Academy in Rome

Selected Collections

Chase Manhattan Bank
IBM Corporation
Neuberger and Berman
The New Museum Impermanent Collection
Prudential Insurance Company
The University of Arizona

Teaching

1998 - present Associate Professor Vassar College Poughkeepsie New York
1998 - 1999 Visiting Assistant Professor Brown University Providence Rhode Island
1993 - 1997 Assistant Professor Yale University School of Art New Haven Connecticut
1990 - 1993 The Cooper Union School of Art New York
1989 - 1990 Nova Scotia College of Art and Design Halifax Nova Scotia

Other Professional Activities

2016 University of Connecticut studio visit MFA program
2016 School of Visual Arts studio visit MFA program
2015 Gallery Conversation Scale from the Artist's and Curator's Viewpoint Public conversation with curator Mary-Kay Lombino The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center Vassar College
2015 Art Talks Stars and Personage Juan Miro online video
2014 Maryland Institute College of Art Hoffberger School of Painting Baltimore Visiting Artist
2013 Knox University Galesburg Visiting Artist and Juror Al Young Contest
2010 Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University Halifax studio visit
2012 The Pasadena Museum of California Art CA studio visit
2011 Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University Halifax lecture
2010 California State University at Long Beach studio visit
2010 Princeton University studio visit
2009 Pratt Institute MFA program studio visit
2008 The Whitney Museum of Art Education Program studio visit
2008 Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University studio visit
2007 Lesley Heller Gallery NYC lecture