"She achieved this by reintroducing the hand and drawing into painting at a time when it was dominated by a stylized aesthetic, while utilizing different media and processes in each work: Using oil paint, acrylic, flashe, oil stick, ink, ballpoint pen, colored pencil, markers, and other diverse, seemingly incommensurable materials, she stains the canvas, creates flat and feathery shapes, and defines open-ended, linear constructions."
"The result is a cacophonous symphony of individual marks, shapes, and colors that somehow coheres without obscuring the individuality of each element. Her tour de force compositions feel discovered in the process of their becoming. The 13 paintings, three ballpoint pen drawings, and five ceramic sculptures in her current exhibition, , at Nino Mier Gallery (all untitled and dated between 2010 and 2025) reveal even more sides of her multi-pronged approach to art."
Joanne Greenbaum extends the visual innovations of Jackson Pollock, Helen Frankenthaler, and Asian ink painting into territory where marks can convey stillness and accelerating movement. She reintroduces the hand and drawing into painting and combines oil, acrylic, flashe, oil stick, ink, ballpoint pen, colored pencil, markers, and other materials to stain canvases, create flat and feathery shapes, and define open-ended linear constructions. The works form a cacophonous symphony of individual marks, shapes, and colors that cohere without obscuring each element’s individuality. An exhibition of 13 paintings, three ballpoint drawings, and five ceramics dated 2010–2025 demonstrates varied glazes, silver leaf, and oil-based Sharpie use, while the process emphasizes layering until compositions retain air.
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