Frank Bramblett's Material-Driven Practice Explored in Woodmere Art Museum Exhibition
The Woodmere Art Museum in Philadelphia hosted Frank Bramblett's exhibition titled "No Intention" from March 7 to June 21, 2015, highlighting his innovative techniques over four decades. Rather than traditional brushwork, Bramblett employed methods like pouring acrylic paint, exemplified by his piece Red Wrap (1973). In White Face (1974), he advanced this technique by freezing paint pools in snow. The 1970s saw him integrating minerals, as shown in FeO (1977). His large-scale works from the 1980s included Oh No Yoko! Where What Where (1982). More contemporary pieces, like Holes in Dive In (2001), centered on personal stories. Throughout his career, Bramblett's work emphasized the agency of materials and the concept of "destruction-as-creation."
Key facts
- Frank Bramblett's exhibition "No Intention" was held at the Woodmere Art Museum in Philadelphia
- The exhibition ran from March 7 to June 21, 2015
- Bramblett is a Philadelphia-based artist with a career spanning four decades
- Early works like Red Wrap (1973) involved pouring acrylic paint into frames to create undulating surfaces
- White Face (1974) involved freezing a layered paint pool in snow to create fissures and colored lines
- FeO (1977) incorporated ferrous oxide sand scraped across canvas in diagonals, blurring painting and sculpture
- Oh No Yoko! Where What Where (1982) was a large-scale figurative work using linoleum tiles cut from art historical references
- Holes in Dive In (2001) combined photographic elements with combed paint fields to explore personal narratives
Entities
Artists
- Frank Bramblett
- Jo Baer
- Manet
- Picasso
- Matisse
Institutions
- Woodmere Art Museum
Locations
- Philadelphia
- United States