Sunday, January 26, 2014

Reed Danziger–Research Project

Reed Danziger’s work consists of intricate patterns with various motifs from nature, science, and architecture. She does oil painting as well as printmaking and painting/drawing on paper, often mixing and layering different mediums in one piece. In some of her works, she uses the whiteness of the paper as negative space, which “becomes a crucial element in each composition.” Her art addresses the intersection of human design with nature and science. Lately, she has been shifting to works that are more abstract. She describes her more recent work as “more celestial, and the forms less clearly describe organic structures; rather they feel like the sum of entire universes. The particles that define these galaxies merge and shift, expanding and contracting, and each disruption reveals an ever increasing unpredictability.” 

One of her art installations in NYC


Continuous Duality of Energies, 2012
Mixed media on paper on wood 36 x 36 inches



an intermediate order 01, 2007
watercolor, gouache, graphite and silkscreen on paper
triptych, 50 x 117 inches 

an intermediate order momentum 2008
watercolor, gouache, graphite and silkscreen on paper
50 x 76 inches 

Sequence IV, 2008
watercolor, gouache, graphite and silkscreen on paper
29.5 x 29.5 inches


Untitled (112), 2008-- 47" x 42"


Danziger lives in Oakland, CA and has an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute and a BA from the University of California, Santa Cruz.

I chose this artist because her work seems complex, detailed, and fascinating. I love the geometric intricacies, pattern work, and level of detail that goes into her use of the motifs. Her color choices compliment the details in her art. Even though her pieces seem chaotic, they are balanced.


Sources:
http://www.reeddanziger.com/
http://hosfeltgallery.com/index.php?p=artists&a=Reed%20Danziger
http://file-magazine.com/citylikeyou/profiles/reed-danziger

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