Continuum: Coco Berkman, Joe Keinberger, Lindsey Kocur, Tanya Hayes Lee, Kenji Nakayama, Shannon Slattery and Dorothea Van Camp
13 Forest Gallery, Arlington, MA
On view: January 20 - March 15, 2024
Group Exhibition
Opening Reception:
Sat 1/20, 4-6 pm
13FOREST Gallery is pleased to present Continuum, featuring new work from Coco Berkman, Joe Keinberger, Lindsey Kocur, Tanya Hayes Lee, Kenji Nakayama, Shannon Slattery and Dorothea Van Camp.
Composing a painting that consists of multiples, such as a diptych, presents a unique set of challenges for an artist. Unlike other works in series, paintings in a diptych must be in direct conversation with each other to function as a single piece of art. While the artist must consider what the work communicates as a whole, it is equally important that the component paintings present a strong individual identity. If the paintings contain a narrative, how is it divided over multiple canvases? If the work is abstract, what visual components are carried through each part of the work to make a coherent ensemble?
Seven artists take these questions head-on in our exhibition Continuum. The show's concept and title were inspired by Lindsey Kocur’s pentaptych of the same name. In it, Kocur tasked herself with creating a painting that flowed continuously across five panels. Though largely abstract, the paintings contain small representational details like architectural elements and tufts of grass that are carried through the swirling washes of color in each piece. Sinuous lines of negative space connect the panels to each other, creating one unified work of art. The artists in Continuum bring their own perspectives to the format of multi-part work, using fragmentation to tell a story, convey a vast seascape, or examine the components that form the letters of our alphabet. Playing with scale, orientation and the number of segments, the artists of Continuum demonstrate the exciting possibilities of working in multiples.
for more info: https://13forest.com/continuum