Review: Artsy
March 11, 2014 - Artsy Editorial
Chris Trueman: Beneath the Skin at Edward Cella Art & Architecture
March 8 - April 26, 2014
"Chris Trueman is a maximalist. In his exuberant, large-scale paintings, he encompasses the entire history of abstraction, merging Color Field Painting, Abstract Expressionism, and Hard-Edged Geometry in his allover compositions. Intermingling passages of pixilation and color gradation based on computer graphics, his acrylic-on-canvas works seem to be formed of layered scrims. He often begins Abstract Expressionist-style, with bold, lush brushstrokes and generous smears of pigment. Onto this ground he overlays stripes and undulating lines recalling Op Artillusions and screen savers. These run up against sections of saturated color and the drips that became so synonymous with Jackson Pollock."
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