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Item Ships From: Canada
Thousand Memories of Yellow, Mixed Media on Canvas
By Andrada Anghel
Located in Yardley, PA
"Thousand Memories of Yellow," is an original abstract painting that transcends the boundaries of imagination and captivates the soul. With each brushstroke, a symphony of memories u...
Category
2010s Abstract Canada - Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Fuchsia pill (minimaliste grid round painting on wood dopamine art)
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"Fuchsia pink pill" is one of the 30 small tondo paintings on wood comprising the Dopamine mosaic. This 30-piece ensemble was created between January and April 2024 by the artist usi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Canada - Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint
Ruby red punch pill (minimaliste grid round painting on wood dopamine color)
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"Ruby red punch pill" is one of the 30 small tondo paintings on wood comprising the Dopamine mosaic. This 30-piece ensemble was created between January and April 2024 by the artist u...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Canada - Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint
Geometric Line Studies — Charcoal by Murray Duncan
By Murray Duncan
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Geometric Line Studies —Charcoal - Nine-Piece Series is an exceptional collection of original mixed-media works on paper by Toronto artist Murray Duncan, presented as a cohesive gri...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Canada - Mixed Media
Materials
Paint, Paper, Ink, Pencil
CSW 2024.2 (coral orange vibrant grid painting on wood optical fine lines)
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
The series "Mångatas" explores the marriage of chance-derived gestures with exacting grid geometry. Built upon a multilayered convergence of aerosol painting and hard-edge technique...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Op Art Canada - Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint, Acrylic
Geometric Line Study C- 5 by Murray Duncan Mix Media on Paper
By Murray Duncan
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Geometric Line Studies C- 5 is an original mixed-media work on paper by Toronto artist Murray Duncan, part of his ongoing exploration of gestural geometry, spatial rhythm, and atmosp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Canada - Mixed Media
Materials
Paint, Paper, Ink, Pencil
CSW 2024.1 (mystic spectrum emerald astro dust veil grid optical painting)
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
The series "Mångatas" explores the marriage of chance-derived gestures with exacting grid geometry. Built upon a multilayered convergence of aerosol painting and hard-edge technique...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Canada - Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint, Acrylic
CSW 2024.4 (Aquatic whisper of emerald artichoke turquoise green grid painting)
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
The series "CSW" explores the marriage of chance-derived gestures with exacting grid geometry. Built upon a multilayered convergence of airbrush painting and hard-edge techniques on...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Op Art Canada - Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint, Acrylic
CSW 2024.7 (sun ray yellow golden hour amber rythms sound waves grid painting)
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
The series "CSW" explores the marriage of chance-derived gestures with exacting grid geometry. Built upon a multilayered convergence of airbrush painting and hard-edge techniques on...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Canada - Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint, Acrylic
CSW 2024.9 (modern space âge galactic cobalt grid minimal painting wood)
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
The series "CSW" explores the marriage of chance-derived gestures with exacting grid geometry. Built upon a multilayered convergence of airbrush painting and hard-edge techniques on...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Canada - Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint, Acrylic
Cascadia 6 (grid painting abstract wood contemporary vivid colors optical art)
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"Cascadia 6" explores the assimilation of aerosol painting, pyrography and sanding techniques on wood. The artist engages her work with notions of repetition, mark-making and blur de...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Canada - Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
Cascadia 5 (grid painting abstract wood contemporary vivid colors optical art)
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"Cascadia 5" explores the assimilation of aerosol painting, pyrography and sanding techniques on wood. The artist engages her work with notions of repetition, mark-making and blur de...
Category
2010s Abstract Canada - Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
Frost and decimals 2023.1 (small blue abstract wood dark minimalist painting)
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
The series "Frost and Decimals" explores the marriage of color Fields with exacting geometry. Built upon a multilayered convergence of aerosol painting and hard-edge techniques on wo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Op Art Canada - Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint, Acrylic
Pillars of colors - Blue landscapes, Mixed Media on Canvas
By Andrada Anghel
Located in Yardley, PA
This 4 panels abstract original painting is a textural work on bold bright colors, with beautiful details and texture. The panels are created on different tones of blues and dark rus...
Category
2010s Contemporary Canada - Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
At sea between fossils and satellites 7 (blue organic copper abstract texture)
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"At Sea between Fossils and Satellites 7" is a textural and elemental abstract painting on canvas. It explores the hybridization of chance-derived color-fields with art deco aestheti...
Category
2010s Color-Field Canada - Mixed Media
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Oil, Acrylic
Ship1 ( gold yellow Navy indigo grid deco painting abstract wood geometric)
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In Melisa’s optical and pulsating compositions, the natural world acts as blue-print while she explores the notion of the sublime through blur and precision. The artist develops an a...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Canada - Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Spray Paint, Wood Panel
Turbulence (grid painting abstract wood contemporary blue art contemporary)
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In Melisa’s optical and pulsating compositions, the natural world acts as blue-print while she explores the notion of the sublime through blur and precision. The artist develops an a...
Category
2010s Minimalist Canada - Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
Mangata 3 (small scale gold grid painting abstract wood contemporary op art)
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
The series "Mångatas" explores the marriage of chance-derived gestures with exacting grid geometry. Built upon a multilayered convergence of aerosol painting and hard-edge technique...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Op Art Canada - Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint, Acrylic
Screen tbd8 (very peri grid painting abstract contemporary vivid colors optical
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In Melisa’s optical and pulsating compositions, the natural world acts as blue-print while she explores the notion of the sublime through blur and precision. The artist develops an a...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Canada - Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
Screen 2022.2 (grid painting abstract wood contemporary vivid colors optical art
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In Melisa’s optical and pulsating compositions, the natural world acts as blue-print while she explores the notion of the sublime through blur and precision. The artist develops an a...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Canada - Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
Sinosity in absynthe (wall mount green art pop design smooth sculpture abstract)
By Ted VanCleave
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Wall mount or pedestal mount. Absinthe metallic finish. 20"x16"x8"
keywords; sinuous, focus on material, sculptural folds, Aldo Chaparro, use of common materials, creased crinkled an...
Category
2010s Contemporary Canada - Mixed Media
Materials
Concrete
Nuclei
By Franco DeFrancesca
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Resin coated and mounted to layers of plywood, these digital/mixed media ‘picture objects’ represent interpretations of contemporary visual culture charmed by minimalism, modernism...
Category
2010s Abstract Canada - Mixed Media
Materials
Resin, Panel, Digital Pigment
Turbulence 22 (grid painting abstract wood contemporary colourful vibrant large
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In Melisa’s optical and pulsating compositions, the natural world acts as blue-print while she explores the notion of the sublime through blur and precision. The artist develops an a...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Canada - Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint
Cascadia 4 (grid painting abstract wood contemporary vivid colors optical art)
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In Melisa’s optical and pulsating compositions, the natural world acts as blue-print while she explores the notion of the sublime through blur and precision. The artist develops an a...
Category
2010s Op Art Canada - Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
Tumsae No 7 - red, white, abstract, contemporary, industrial felt wall sculpture
By Chung-Im Kim
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Striking organic shapes in bright red provide dramatic contrast in this cream felt tapestry by fabric artist Chung-Im Kim. Kim meticulously hand stitches together small pieces of ind...
Category
2010s Contemporary Canada - Mixed Media
Materials
Felt, Thread, Mixed Media, Screen
Flower Angel
By Andy Warhol
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Andy Warhol is arguably the most important American artist of the 20th century. In the 1950s, he was an in-demand and celebrated illustrator working for New York's toniest publicatio...
Category
1950s Contemporary Canada - Mixed Media
Materials
Watercolor, Lithograph, Offset
Legends and urban myths, Mixed Media on Wood Panel
By Veronica Dragnef
Located in Yardley, PA
urban legends are modern day fairytales, creating contemporary folklore, often with a moral sting in the tail. :: Mixed Media :: Folk Art :: This piece comes with an official certif...
Category
2010s Folk Art Canada - Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Sea Witch (Original)
Located in Toronto, ON
18" x 24" Unframed
Vintage Collage
Hand Signed by Danielle Cole
Category
2010s Contemporary Canada - Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
HRCO (grid vibrant grid painting geometric abstract plywood colorful)
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
This large-scale painting, executed on an 8 x 4 ft plywood panel, merges the unpredictable, organic marks of pyrographywith with the ethereal softness of airbrushed paint. A meticulo...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Canada - Mixed Media
Materials
Plywood, Spray Paint
Untitled
By Louise Nevelson
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Caviar20 is excited to be offering this striking collage by the inimitable Louise Nevelson, who is regarded as one of the most original, influential, and successful American sculptors of the 20th century.
Nevelson's enduring appeal lies in her distinct visual language, which is apparent in all of her works, regardless of medium. While her iconic monochromatic wood assemblages are instantly recognizable, she continuously experimented with diverse materials, including resin, steel, and bronze, as well as numerous printmaking techniques.
Collage was an important part of Nevelson's practice, defining her signature aesthetic. Much like her approach to printmaking, her collages possess a sculptural ethos that transcends the two-dimensional surface, imbuing the composition with a remarkable sense of volume, texture, and depth. One could argue that Nevelson's sculpture was informed by collage in that she took assorted existing forms combining them in order to create an entirely new and distinct arrangement.
This untitled collage is an exceptional example of the artist's mastery of the medium. Featuring an assemblage of wood veneer, mirror, and metal, this work reflects Nevelson's meticulous sense of form and rhythm. Subtle details, such as the alternating direction of the wood veneer grain further heighten the visual complexity of the otherwise minimal composition.
The inclusion of wood veneer marks a notable shift for Nevelson, who was previously loyal to a strict monochromatic palette of black or white. It wasn’t until the 1970s with her experimentation in collage that she expanded her palette. Nevelson also created jewellery and this collage acknowledges her activity in that realm.
Created at the age of 83 during the final chapter of her career, this piece powerfully captures Nevelson's enduring spirit and dedication to artistic innovation.
Today Nevelson's work can be found in every major public collection across North America and beyond.
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"Untitled"
USA, 1983
Mixed media collage
Metal, mirror, wood, and wood veneer on grey mat board mounted on 0.25" Luan plywood
Signed and dated by artist, bottom right
Nevelson Estate no. LN 40830
19.5"H 15.75"W (work)
31"H 21"W (framed)
Very good condition
Literature: Stein, Judith. Louise Nevelson Collages...
Category
1980s American Modern Canada - Mixed Media
Materials
Metal
Gunmetal - In
By Sylvester Stallone
Located in Toronto, ON
24" x 20.25" Framed
Original - 2 PLY 100% Cotton Museum Board, Metallic Pigment Gouache Paint
Framing: Glass with Shadow Box Frame
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Canada - Mixed Media
Materials
Gouache, Board
Untitled #122 by Murray Duncan – Original Contemporary Mixed Media on Paper
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Untitled #122 by Murray Duncan
Mixed media on paper
Size: 32" x 40”
Unframed, signed
A bold mixed-media work with dynamic lines and textures.
This captivating piece by Murray Dunc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Canada - Mixed Media
Materials
Glaze, Oil Crayon, Acrylic
Rise
By Bernie Taupin
Located in Toronto, ON
40" x 30" Unframed
Unique MonoPrint with Hand Embellishment and fabric collage
Hand Signed by Bernie Taupin on Back
COA included
Produced in 2012 for the artists one man exhibit
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Canada - Mixed Media
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Mixed Media, Giclée, Digital Pigment
$13,600
Untitled #SP-222, Mixed Media on Paper by Murray Duncan - Abstract Geometric
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Untitled #SP-222, by Murray Duncan
Mixed media on paper
Size: 32" x 40”
Unframed, signed
A bold mixed-media work with dynamic lines and textures.
This captivating piece by Murray ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Canada - Mixed Media
Materials
Paint, Paper, Pencil
The Siren
Located in Toronto, ON
Original - Mixed Media on Canvas
Hand Signed by Rachel Isadora
Category
2010s Contemporary Canada - Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Untitled #SP-209, Mixed Media on Paper by Murray Duncan - Abstract Geometric
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Untitled #SP-#209 by Murray Duncan
Mixed media on paper
Size: 32" x 40”
Unframed, signed
A bold mixed-media work with dynamic lines and textures.
This captivating piece by Murray ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Canada - Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Oil Crayon, Acrylic
CSW 2024.5 (red yellow ochre warm earthy pigments glow midtones grid painting)
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
The series "CSW" explores the marriage of chance-derived gestures with exacting grid geometry. Built upon a multilayered convergence of airbrush painting and hard-edge techniques on...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Canada - Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint, Acrylic
Untitled #SP-223, Mixed Media on Paper by Murray Duncan - Abstract Geometric
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Untitled #SP-223, by Murray Duncan
Mixed media on paper
Size: 32" x 40”
Unframed, signed
A bold mixed-media work with dynamic lines and textures.
This captivating piece by Murray ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Canada - Mixed Media
Materials
Paint, Paper, Pencil
Untitled #SP-221, Mixed Media on Paper by Murray Duncan - Abstract Geometric
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Untitled #SP-221, by Murray Duncan
Mixed media on paper
Size: 32" x 40”
Unframed, signed
A bold mixed-media work with dynamic lines and textures.
This captivating piece by Murray ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Canada - Mixed Media
Materials
Paint, Paper, Pencil
Screen 2023.1 (grid painting abstract wood contemporary vibrant colors optical)
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In Melisa’s optical and pulsating compositions, the natural world acts as blue-print while she explores the notion of the sublime through blur and precision. The artist develops an a...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Canada - Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
Screen 2022.3 (grid painting abstract wood contemporary vivid colors optical art
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In Melisa’s optical and pulsating compositions, the natural world acts as blue-print while she explores the notion of the sublime through blur and precision. The artist develops an a...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Canada - Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
Untitled #SP-217, Mixed Media on Paper by Murray Duncan - Abstract Geometric
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Untitled #SP-217, by Murray Duncan
Mixed media on paper
Size: 32" x 40”
Unframed, signed
A bold mixed-media work with dynamic lines and textures.
This captivating piece by Murray ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Canada - Mixed Media
Materials
Paint, Paper, Pencil
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Ombré 6 (red grid painting abstract geometry striped gestural hard-edge blue)
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In Melisa’s optical and pulsating compositions, the natural world acts as blue-print while she explores the notion of the sublime through blur and precision. The artist develops an a...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Canada - Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
Hyang #2 - blue, white, red, abstract, industrial felt wall sculpture
By Chung-Im Kim
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This intriguing wall composition is by Chung-Im Kim, an award-winning fibre artist whose exquisite work has been showcased and celebrated internationally. In this handmade sculptural...
Category
2010s Contemporary Canada - Mixed Media
Materials
Felt, Thread, Mixed Media
Geometric Line Studies C-4 by Murray Duncan Mix Media on Paper
By Murray Duncan
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Geometric Line Studies C-4 is an original mixed-media work on paper by Toronto artist Murray Duncan, part of his ongoing exploration of gestural geometry, spatial rhythm, and atmosph...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Canada - Mixed Media
Materials
Paint, Paper, Ink, Pencil
Geometric Line Studies C-2 by Murray Duncan Mix Media on Paper
By Murray Duncan
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Geometric Line Studies C-2 is an original mixed-media work on paper by Toronto artist Murray Duncan, part of his ongoing exploration of gestural geometry, spatial rhythm, and atmosph...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Canada - Mixed Media
Materials
Paint, Paper, Ink, Pencil
Geometric Line Studies C-1 by Murray Duncan Mix Media on Paper
By Murray Duncan
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Geometric Line Studies C-1 is an original mixed-media work on paper by Toronto artist Murray Duncan, part of his ongoing exploration of gestural geometry, spatial rhythm, and atmosph...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Canada - Mixed Media
Materials
Paint, Paper, Ink, Pencil
Untitled #SP-220, Mixed Media on Paper by Murray Duncan - Abstract Geometric
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Untitled #SP-220, by Murray Duncan
Mixed media on paper
Size: 32" x 40”
Unframed, signed
A bold mixed-media work with dynamic lines and textures.
This captivating piece by Murray ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Canada - Mixed Media
Materials
Paint, Paper, Pencil
Untitled #SP-202, Mixed Media on Paper by Murray Duncan - Abstract Geometric
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Untitled #SP-202 by Murray Duncan
Mixed media on paper
Size: 32" x 40”
Unframed, signed
A bold mixed-media work with dynamic lines and textures.
This captivating piece by Murray D...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Canada - Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Oil Crayon, Acrylic
Untitled AP-123 — Mixed Media Work on Paper by Murray Duncan
By Murray Duncan
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Untitled AP-123 is an expressive mixed-media work on archival cold-press watercolor paper, measuring 18 × 24 inches. In this composition, Toronto artist Murray Duncan builds a dynami...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Canada - Mixed Media
Materials
Paint, Paper, Ink, Pencil
Untitled AP-122 is an expressive mixed-media work on archival cold-press waterco
By Murray Duncan
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Untitled AP-122 is an expressive mixed-media work on archival cold-press watercolor paper, measuring 18 × 24 inches. In this composition, Toronto artist Murray Duncan builds a dynami...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Canada - Mixed Media
Materials
Paint, Ink, Archival Paper, Pencil
Untitled #SP-208, Mixed Media on Paper by Murray Duncan - Abstract Geometric
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Untitled #SP-208 by Murray Duncan
Mixed media on paper
Size: 32" x 40”
Unframed, signed
A bold mixed-media work with dynamic lines and textures.
This captivating piece by Murray D...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Canada - Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Oil Crayon, Acrylic
Untitled #SP-205, Mixed Media on Paper by Murray Duncan - Abstract Geometric
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Untitled #SP-206 by Murray Duncan
Mixed media on paper
Size: 32" x 40”
Unframed, signed
A bold mixed-media work with dynamic lines and textures.
This captivating piece by Murray D...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Canada - Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Oil Crayon, Latex
Untitled #526 by Murray Duncan – Original Contemporary Mixed Media on Paper
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Untitled #526 by Murray Duncan
Mixed media on paper
Size: 32" x 40”
Unframed, signed
A bold mixed-media work with dynamic lines and textures.
This captivating piece by Murray Dunc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Canada - Mixed Media
Materials
Glaze, Oil Crayon, Acrylic
Untitled #SP-206, Mixed Media on Paper by Murray Duncan - Abstract Geometric
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Untitled #SP-206 by Murray Duncan
Mixed media on paper
Size: 32" x 40”
Unframed, signed
A bold mixed-media work with dynamic lines and textures.
This captivating piece by Murray D...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Canada - Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Oil Crayon, Acrylic
Untitled #SP-213, Mixed Media on Paper by Murray Duncan - Abstract Geometric
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Untitled #SP-213 by Murray Duncan
Mixed media on paper
Size: 32" x 40”
Unframed, signed
A bold mixed-media work with dynamic lines and textures.
This captivating piece by Murray D...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Canada - Mixed Media
Materials
Paint, Paper, Oil Pastel
To Hang In Between
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
A group of figures heads for icy distant mountains. A familiar enough scene of polar explorers hauling their sledges. Yet somehow this does not quite fit the heroic mold. The ice and sky are tinged a movie musical pale blue and their gear is a bit too colorful for the era of man-hauling. And then there’s the sled, piled high not with boxes of supplies but with a jumbled heap of antiquities: Greek Athenas, bits of a coliseum, a ship’s great wheel. In Jessica Houston’s collage “The Long Haul,” the explorers drag history itself into the great beyond, their backs turned from their absurd load. But we take in the entire scene.
In her suite of works, Over the Edge of the World, Houston uses oil on wood, ink on paper, and collages of found images, many from National Geographic Magazine, to rearrange the evidence – and thus history’s possibilities.
Houston joins visual artists such as Judit Hersko, Katja Aglert, and Isaac Julien...
Category
2010s Contemporary Canada - Mixed Media
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Untitled #SP-207, Mixed Media on Paper by Murray Duncan - Abstract Geometric
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Untitled #SP-207 by Murray Duncan
Mixed media on paper
Size: 32" x 40”
Unframed, signed
A bold mixed-media work with dynamic lines and textures.
This captivating piece by Murray D...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Canada - Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Oil Crayon, Acrylic
Screen 2023.6 (grid painting abstract wood contemporary organic motifs optical)
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In Melisa’s optical and pulsating compositions, the natural world acts as blue-print while she explores the notion of the sublime through blur and precision. The artist develops an a...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Canada - Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
The Fatigue of the Conquest
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
A group of figures heads for icy distant mountains. A familiar enough scene of polar explorers hauling their sledges. Yet somehow this does not quite fit the heroic mold. The ice and sky are tinged a movie musical pale blue and their gear is a bit too colorful for the era of man-hauling. And then there’s the sled, piled high not with boxes of supplies but with a jumbled heap of antiquities: Greek Athenas, bits of a coliseum, a ship’s great wheel. In Jessica Houston’s collage “The Long Haul,” the explorers drag history itself into the great beyond, their backs turned from their absurd load. But we take in the entire scene.
In her suite of works, Over the Edge of the World, Houston uses oil on wood, ink on paper, and collages of found images, many from National Geographic Magazine, to rearrange the evidence – and thus history’s possibilities.
Houston joins visual artists such as Judit Hersko, Katja Aglert, and Isaac Julien who have been inspired by the explorers of the past. Like them, she draws, in part, on the singular tradition of polar exploration narratives as well as fictions such as Ursula Le Guin’s “Sur” (1981), a utopian feminist hoax in which a party of South American women reach the South Pole in 1909, two years before the official arrival of European explorers. Le Guin’s explorers do not feel compelled to leave any written record or physical proof of their presence at the South Pole. If Le Guin’s women might have made it, what other traces have been missed?
Collage can work alongside alternative history: it interprets, interrupts, and rearranges. It questions the completed whole, instead emphasizing composition and relation. Collage suggests it all might be … otherwise. Houston’s collages flaunt their second nature. Yet what they show remains somehow plausible. You want to believe what you’re beginning to see.
In “A life Attuned to Larger Rhythms” Houston grids out rectangles of captured images to overwhelm the eye as the polar environment itself might (whiteout is a paradoxical species of optical overstimulation). Through the strangely ordered confusion of an ice survey grafted atop a chessboard, the mind begins to recognize new connections, emergent shapes: a different future? In “Launching Strategy” a yellow-orange pyramid balances garishly atop a tent. Which came first, the realist tent or the Platonic shape? Can we ever be sure that we’re not already seeing through premade abstractions? Or is it that baggage we’ve been dragging along?
In “Architecture of the Anthropocene” and “Red Blood, Red Earth” Houston reroutes visually symbolic through-lines between women and non-European people and the official history in which they appear dimly or not at all. A full-skirted woman holds onto the tether of a kite that seems to pull her upwards towards a weather balloon floating above an Antarctic base’s radio tower; a row of tropical workers wielding pickaxes folds into the trajectory of a sailor aiming a bow and arrow at an iceberg stained with red. These are not people or images normally associated with polar discovery. But shouldn’t they matter?
“Territory Over Land” strips in a scene from a painted depiction of the tropics, possibly from one of Captain James Cook’s circumnavigations. “Captain Cook’s Legacy” more directly confronts an official portrait of Cook with the torn-in eyes from what can only be described as the explorer’s anonymous dark Other. The hybrid portrait is a kind of contact zone. “Henson and Peary – Past Entanglements” is a cooler, less volatile twin portrait of disputed discoverer of the North Pole Robert Peary...
Category
2010s Contemporary Canada - Mixed Media
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
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Nicholas Wyeth
Nicola Mosley
Nike Jordan 1
Noblesse Oblige
Norwich School Oil Painting