"Relying on saturated planes of color and eschewing almost all minor detail, Christina Zimpel 's approach to figuration is deceivingly straightforward. With prolonged looking, the vibrant fields of color begin to evoke the effects of abstraction-recalling the historical traditions of Fauvism or Post-Impressionism-and the pose and movement of her figures take on heightened significance. Together, there is a delicate tension between the formal and emotional qualities of her work."
"Originally from Western Australia and presently based in New York City, Zimpel's CLAP is a concise edition of 36, with each containing hand-embellishments in gouache. As precise as they are bold, each was begun with a field of brilliant pink on which a female figure sits and holds the gesture of clapping. The hairstyle, eyewear, and the marks indicating sound emitting from the hands-the elements specifically hand-finished by the artist-vary print to print."
Christina Zimpel employs saturated color planes and minimal detail to produce figurative work that evokes abstraction and art-historical references such as Fauvism and Post-Impressionism. The CLAP edition of 36 prints features hand-applied gouache embellishments, each beginning with a brilliant pink ground and a seated female figure making the gesture of clapping. Artist-applied variations in hairstyle, eyewear, and sound marks introduce human difference across the edition and interrogate feminine homogeneity and social pressures on women. The works balance formal clarity and emotional resonance while drawing on everyday life, family, memory, and a nonconforming maternal influence.
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