Berggruen Gallery is proud to present Helen Frankenthaler: Paintings, an exhibition of paintings from 1953-1978 by one of the preeminent artists of her time, Helen Frankenthaler (1928-2011). This presentation continues a history of exhibiting Frankenthaler's work on the West Coast, dating back to her first Bay Area show at John Berggruen Gallery in 1972. Helen Frankenthaler: Paintings will be on view September 26 through November 9, 2019. The gallery will host an opening reception on Thursday, September 26 from 5:00 to 7:00pm.
Spanning three decades of Frankenthaler's career, this exhibition includes some of the artist's most significant and evocative paintings, highlighting the evolution of her artistic practice in the ways she translated the world around her. The artist did not follow stringent rules of painting, but instead employed a pioneering soak-stain technique that ultimately created new parameters and possibilities. Frankenthaler invented this method of painting by pouring and brushing heavily diluted paint onto unstretched, unprimed canvas. The distinctive process creates ethereal pools of floating color. The effect is almost translucent, more closely resembling watercolor than her actual mediums of oil or acrylic. Soak-staining acknowledges the very flatness of the canvas itself, yet it also produces the illusion of depth and space.
Image: Helen Frankenthaler, Hommage à Chardin, 1957, oil on canvas, 39 3/4 x 52 inches
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Spanning three decades of Frankenthaler's career, this exhibition includes some of the artist's most significant and evocative paintings, highlighting the evolution of her artistic practice in the ways she translated the world around her. The artist did not follow stringent rules of painting, but instead employed a pioneering soak-stain technique that ultimately created new parameters and possibilities. Frankenthaler invented this method of painting by pouring and brushing heavily diluted paint onto unstretched, unprimed canvas. The distinctive process creates ethereal pools of floating color. The effect is almost translucent, more closely resembling watercolor than her actual mediums of oil or acrylic. Soak-staining acknowledges the very flatness of the canvas itself, yet it also produces the illusion of depth and space.
Image: Helen Frankenthaler, Hommage à Chardin, 1957, oil on canvas, 39 3/4 x 52 inches
Berggruen Gallery is proud to present Helen Frankenthaler: Paintings, an exhibition of paintings from 1953-1978 by one of the preeminent artists of her time, Helen Frankenthaler (1928-2011). This presentation continues a history of exhibiting Frankenthaler's work on the West Coast, dating back to her first Bay Area show at John Berggruen Gallery in 1972. Helen Frankenthaler: Paintings will be on view September 26 through November 9, 2019. The gallery will host an opening reception on Thursday, September 26 from 5:00 to 7:00pm.
Spanning three decades of Frankenthaler's career, this exhibition includes some of the artist's most significant and evocative paintings, highlighting the evolution of her artistic practice in the ways she translated the world around her. The artist did not follow stringent rules of painting, but instead employed a pioneering soak-stain technique that ultimately created new parameters and possibilities. Frankenthaler invented this method of painting by pouring and brushing heavily diluted paint onto unstretched, unprimed canvas. The distinctive process creates ethereal pools of floating color. The effect is almost translucent, more closely resembling watercolor than her actual mediums of oil or acrylic. Soak-staining acknowledges the very flatness of the canvas itself, yet it also produces the illusion of depth and space.
Image: Helen Frankenthaler, Hommage à Chardin, 1957, oil on canvas, 39 3/4 x 52 inches
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Spanning three decades of Frankenthaler's career, this exhibition includes some of the artist's most significant and evocative paintings, highlighting the evolution of her artistic practice in the ways she translated the world around her. The artist did not follow stringent rules of painting, but instead employed a pioneering soak-stain technique that ultimately created new parameters and possibilities. Frankenthaler invented this method of painting by pouring and brushing heavily diluted paint onto unstretched, unprimed canvas. The distinctive process creates ethereal pools of floating color. The effect is almost translucent, more closely resembling watercolor than her actual mediums of oil or acrylic. Soak-staining acknowledges the very flatness of the canvas itself, yet it also produces the illusion of depth and space.
Image: Helen Frankenthaler, Hommage à Chardin, 1957, oil on canvas, 39 3/4 x 52 inches
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