Untitled #1, 2007
watercolor on paper
21” x 30” fr
Cairo, 2006
ink on paper
19” x 30” fr
Hamas, 2006
watercolor on paper
21” x 30” fr
Noise #2, 2006
ink on paper
21” x 30” fr
Noise #4, 2006
ink on paper
20” x 30” fr
Noise #5, 2006
ink on paper
20 1/2” x 30” fr
Wall, 2006
oil on linen
48” x 72”
The Grid, 2004
Oil on linen
40” x 80”
Chatter, 2003
Oil on linen
32” x 86” (2 panel)
Untitled, 2004
Oil on linen
46” x 56”
Vox Populi, 2002
Oil on linen
45” x 57”
After moving her studio practice to San Francisco from Chicago, where she completed her MFA and had several gallery shows, Pamela Wilson has developed a series of painted images that combine elements of abstraction, history painting and the stylized sensibilities of early Japanese and Chinese painting.
“In each painting or drawing I am trying to join an essentially abstract painting language with the often mundane, but occasionally overwhelming visual realities within the spectrum of everyday life.”
Wilson’s show will feature a group of watercolor drawings based on disasters, or the aftermath thereof. These nearly monochromatic renderings call to the fore the act of looking, as the original newsprint or photographic image was intended to grab one’s attention. The delicacy of her handling contrasts against the violence and tension of the subject.
Pamela Wilson-Ryckman was included in the 2006 Seville Biennial - The Unhomely.
Pamela Wilson-Ryckman recently curated The Good, the Bad and the Ugly at the New Langton Art Center.
Copyright Gallery Paule Anglim
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