Lynn Talbot
16 Nov - 23 Dec 2007
LYNN TALBOT
"Recent Paintings"
Lynn Talbot's paintings propose a visual and metaphorical dialogue between realism and abstraction; in them realistic, small-scale still life tableaux share the canvas with formal shapes and text. Talbot’s still life technique and imagery recalls Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century Spanish and Dutch painters, as well as the tradition of American still life and trompe l’oeil painting. Juxtaposed against that are highly chromatic, geometric shapes and patterning, in the most recent paintings resembling optically faceted surfaces, mandala-like shapes, among other forms.
These paintings explore the psychological continuity between observable and unobservable reality, and express Talbot’s interest in how the still life tradition uses the seemingly static and unchanging nature of still-life objects to highlight, by contrast, the actual nature of unceasing change and, through perceptual shifts, the illusory nature of existence and solidity.
"Recent Paintings"
Lynn Talbot's paintings propose a visual and metaphorical dialogue between realism and abstraction; in them realistic, small-scale still life tableaux share the canvas with formal shapes and text. Talbot’s still life technique and imagery recalls Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century Spanish and Dutch painters, as well as the tradition of American still life and trompe l’oeil painting. Juxtaposed against that are highly chromatic, geometric shapes and patterning, in the most recent paintings resembling optically faceted surfaces, mandala-like shapes, among other forms.
These paintings explore the psychological continuity between observable and unobservable reality, and express Talbot’s interest in how the still life tradition uses the seemingly static and unchanging nature of still-life objects to highlight, by contrast, the actual nature of unceasing change and, through perceptual shifts, the illusory nature of existence and solidity.