Frances Barth's Bushwick Exhibition Merges Abstract Painting with Digital Narrative Experiments
From November 3 to December 17, 2017, the Silas Van Morisse Gallery in Brooklyn showcased new paintings by Frances Barth, created between 2011 and 2017. Her artwork features serene color fields paired with graphic elements, drawing inspiration from geological charts and topographical maps. Among her significant works are the triptychs CG (2016) and Olive (2017). Barth employs acrylic to achieve matte finishes, evident in pieces like Yellow Yellow (2016) and more personal works such as Genie (2014). She has also ventured into narrative art with the video End of Day, End of Day (2007), shown in 2010, and the animation Jonnie in the Lake (2016). The exhibition featured digital collages from the Com 1 through Com 5 series (2011-12) and works like Adobe Dream (2013).
Key facts
- Frances Barth exhibited paintings from 2011-2017 at Silas Van Morisse Gallery
- Exhibition ran from November 3 to December 17, 2017
- Gallery located at 109 Ingraham Street, Brooklyn between Porter and Knickerbocker avenues
- Barth's work combines landscape references with abstract spatial ambiguity
- She has expanded into animation and graphic novels alongside painting
- Digital collage elements appear in her Com series paintings
- Her video End of Day, End of Day was exhibited at Sundaram Tagore in 2010
- Current animation Jonnie in the Lake is showing at festivals
Entities
Artists
- Frances Barth
- Thomas Nozkowski
Institutions
- Silas Van Morisse Gallery
- Sundaram Tagore
Locations
- Brooklyn
- New York
- United States
- New Jersey