Sandi Slone's 2012 exhibition at Allegra LaViola Gallery showcases aggressive poured paintings

Sandi Slone's exhibition "Quick Mettle Rich Blood" ran from September 5 to October 6, 2012 at Allegra LaViola Gallery in New York City. The show featured abstract paintings created through pouring techniques, with works like "Sex with Strangers" (2012) and "Vulcan Love" (2012) demonstrating aggressive color combinations and manipulation of horizontal canvases. Slone earned her MFA from the Boston Museum School and taught there before moving to New York in 1984. Her earlier work from the 1980s featured large abstract paintings with soft color fields, while exhibitions in the 1990s and 2000s sometimes included mixed-media elements like sand piles or cartoon figures. The 2012 exhibition represented a return to pure painting with smaller-scale but more intense works characterized by shrill reds, purples, and oranges. Technique involved pouring paint onto horizontal surfaces and manipulating the canvas to create drips, swirls, and puddles. While some paintings included residual figurative elements, others like "Further Out" (2011) achieved near-perfect composition through color organization. The exhibition demonstrated Slone's commitment to poured painting techniques that contrast with the brush-oriented approaches of many contemporary abstract artists.