Artist Information:
Kathleen King
Berkeley, CA
United States
Member Since: Apr 2003
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Artist Statement:
Kathleen King Artist’s
Statement October 2005
I find my deepest being
scarred and twisted by
encounters with society and
power. At the same time I
experience moments of ecstasy
and freedom that compel and
renew me. Through the action
of painting, the landscape of
personal fragmentation and a
simultaneous search for
wholeness is charted. As I
explore these contemporary
dualities, my work evokes a
frisson--an ecstatic moment
combining joy and fear.
Spontaneity and improvisation
are the cornerstone of my
process. Jazz composer Bill
Evans has defined the
discipline of improvisation as
"that of allowing the idea to
express itself in
communication with (the
artist's) hands in such a
direct way that deliberation
cannot interfere." My latest
paintings extend a vocabulary
of abstract markmaking
composed of tangled line,
eccentric shape, calligraphic
gesture, and emotional color.
As I paint, I build up layers
of marks that interweave,
overlap or obscure each other
with elements seeming to rise,
spin, float and fall in
mysterious and unexpected
combinations. The elements
combine in an intuitive
pattern creating an engaged
immediacy, energizing the
pictures, moving the viewers'
eye through the expanding and
contracting space, encouraging
them to lose themselves in the
experience.
I ...
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Kathleen King's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Kathleen King's Portfolio.
Kathleen King Artist’s Statement October 2005
I find my deepest being scarred and twisted by encounters with society and power. At the same time I experience moments of ecstasy and freedom that compel and renew me. Through the action of painting, the landscape of personal fragmentation and a simultaneous search for wholeness is charted. As I explore these contemporary dualities, my work evokes a frisson--an ecstatic moment combining joy and fear.
Spontaneity and improvisation are the cornerstone of my process. Jazz composer Bill Evans has defined the discipline of improvisation as "that of allowing the idea to express itself in communication with (the artist's) hands in such a direct way that deliberation cannot interfere." My latest paintings extend a vocabulary of abstract markmaking composed of tangled line, eccentric shape, calligraphic gesture, and emotional color. As I paint, I build up layers of marks that interweave, overlap or obscure each other with elements seeming to rise, spin, float and fall in mysterious and unexpected combinations. The elements combine in an intuitive pattern creating an engaged immediacy, energizing the pictures, moving the viewers' eye through the expanding and contracting space, encouraging them to lose themselves in the experience.
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