Alicia McCarthy

Radiant color weaves, laborious patterns, intuitive and organic rainbows bloom in Alicia McCarthy’s (b. 1969, Oakland, USA) intricate and elegantly raw compositions. On the surface deceivingly simple, McCarthy’s works always contain multitudes. The compositions seem to exist free of, but in relation to, the surfaces they are created upon, whether that be a three-story brick wall, a piece of found plywood, an old tabletop, or a small piece of paper. Marks and gestures are made with care and precision but also with the nonchalance of experience. Colors intertwine in complex, DNA-like helices that rise from the surface in a seemingly three-dimensional dance; an electric and dynamic choreography that generates space for improvisation.

Kilde: V1 Gallery