It’s great when you hear about an artist, look them up, and then are totally into the work. I just formally met the late (1930-1999) Lee Lozano via the world wide web. I was particularly interested with this image. I want to thank a kind curator for suggesting I take a look after I showed her some of my recent plug paintings.
Lee Lozano
Untitled
1963
Picture courtesy of artnet.com
This group of paintings consists of different “worlds” that I have found along the way. They start abstract without any preconceived image. As I begin a painting I access my unconscious via the act of painting. As the painting develops I start to see things with my conscious mind and construct a navigable environment inspired by nature, the city, and the life of the paint. The recognizable invites narrative, but I leave it ambiguous, thus open to continuous exploration by the viewer. Some of these environments are highly distilled, while others are much more complex. Each one develops and functions much in the same way as an ecosystem. To our delight imagery in painting evolves quicker than in nature and only obeys the laws of the painter and the paint..
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