Forum 81
Curated by Eric Crosby
April 19 - August 25, 2019
April 19 - August 25, 2019
Pittsburgh, USA
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| Installation photo courtesy of the artist, Carnegie Museum of Art |
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| Installation photo courtesy of the artist, Carnegie Museum of Art |
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| Untitled, 2017, Fabric, Plexiglas, enamel paint, and spray paint, 50 1/2 x 75 in (128.3 x 190.5 cm) Andrew Kreps Gallery NY |
Carnegie Museum of Art (CMOA) debuts a new body of work by American painter Ruth Root (b. Chicago, 1967) in the 81st installment of its Forum series dedicated to contemporary art. With a jolt of pattern and shape, Root’s eccentric paintings dazzle and perplex with their play of geometry, color, and found images. These new works are composed of two parts involving a shaped panel painted with acrylic and spray paint suspended from a flexible sewn form covered with the artist’s own fabric designs. Incorporating found imagery from news media, art history, online search engines, and objects from CMOA’s own collection... ‘ excerpt CMOA website