DRAWING THE LINE #10
a year-long series of drawing exhibits
Maine Sunday Telegram
Review by Philip Isaacson
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DRAWING THE LINE #10 a year-long series of drawing exhibits
Maine Sunday Telegram
November 13, 2011Review by Philip Isaacson
This show represents classic geometric Modernism as we have come to understand it... The participants-Noa Warren, Kendra Ferguson, Greg Parker and August Ventimiglia-share with one another the logic of geometry-the hard edge, linear clarity and economy. The most effusive of the drawing exhibitors is Warren. Devising networks of lines, he may coax them into lacy undulations or, by contrast, into strictly regimented and severely angulated formations. Against dark grounds, the lines-whether lazy or attentive-are declarative and forceful. Ferguson is a minimalist of such subtlety that her work is accomplished more through incision, occasional cutting and even more occasional collage than through markings in graphite. The sheet is the statement; the administrations to it are revealed after search and are exquisite. Work of this order is rare and of great delight. Ventimiglia's chalk drawings extract from repetitive lines-some parallel, some calculated to vector to a central point-a density that belies their origin. The lines form into modulated belts that read as infinitely varied. Greg Parker is a master of geometric abstraction, and it is a pleasure to see recent work by him. It appears on large suspended sheets, and like his classic drawings, plays large architectonic forms against darkening skies. They are haunting. There are also handsome examples of his earlier pastel and graphite cellular forms on tight panels.