Tuyet Ong-Barr: Gathering

d. m. allison gallery presents the exhibition Tuyet Ong-Barr: Gathering. Preview reception Thursday, August 13, 6pm-8pm. Opening Saturday, August 15. On view through September 5.

About The Artist:

A one time student from Houston’s Glassell School of art, studying under Brian Portman, Terrell James, and Francesca Fuchs, Ong-Barr is originally from Vietnam. After spending her early adult life in Paris, the artist married her husband John Barr and now lives and works in Houston Texas.

From The Artist: 

“bits of reality can stimulate an idea for a composition, whether it’s a quality in the sunlight of the day or bits of multi-colored paint scraped from my pallet, each painting speaks with clarity. I create abstract compositions with dynamic movement; many layers of gestures create a network of lines traveling through an airy space. At times the numerous gestures seem closer to a natural form like the pattern of tree bark or lines describing the movement on the surface of water. My experiments with texture and layering often create a sense of illusionary space, however sometimes the thickness of the paint sits on the surface of the painting, and wraps around the edges, insisting on the object of the canvas itself.”

Color Field Painting:

In 1960 the term Color Field painting was used to describe the work of Frankenthaler. In general, this term refers to the application of large areas, or fields, of a single color to the canvas. This style was characterized by the use of hues that were similar in tone or intensity, as well as large formats and simplified compositions, all of which are qualities descriptive of Frankenthaler’s work from the 1960s onward. The Color Field artists set themselves apart from the Abstract Expressionists because they eliminated the emotional, mythic or the religious content and the highly personal and gestural and painterly application.

Pictured above: Twink, 2015, acrylic on canvas 40″x 30.”