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RICHARD ANUSZKIEWICZ (b.1930)

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In 1970, Anuszkiewicz began the series Portals, a series of paintings consisting of upright rectangles formed from soft colors with vertical lines breaking up the color field and framing central, luminous rectangles. The orientation of "Blueing", however, presents an opportunity to recalibrate the artist's usual verticality of the Portal series, suggestive of transcendence, and transpose it to a horizontal plane implying connection rather than ascension. In the spirit of perceptual experimentation, the portal here, red, vividly set within the softer surrounding bands of color, provides a stronger contrast than usual and serves as a focal point anchoring the composition. An uncommon, if not unique, horizontal painting in the Portals series, "Blueing" underscores the complex interplay between an artist's intention, formal composition, and viewer perception. It engages us in a vibrant dialogue between the realms of the abstract and the visceral, encouraging a personal and immersive encounter. In 1970, Anuszkiewicz began the series Portals, a series of paintings consisting of upright rectangles formed from soft colors with vertical lines breaking up the color field and framing central, luminous rectangles. The orientation of "Blueing", however, presents an opportunity to recalibrate the artist's usual verticality of the Portal series, suggestive of transcendence, and transpose it to a horizontal plane implying connection rather than ascension. In the spirit of perceptual experimentation, the portal here, red, vividly set within the softer surrounding bands of color, provides a stronger contrast than usual and serves as a focal point anchoring the composition. An uncommon, if not unique, horizontal painting in the Portals series, "Blueing" underscores the complex interplay between an artist's intention, formal composition, and viewer perception. It engages us in a vibrant dialogue between the realms of the abstract and the visceral, encouraging a personal and immersive encounter. In 1970, Anuszkiewicz began the series Portals, a series of paintings consisting of upright rectangles formed from soft colors with vertical lines breaking up the color field and framing central, luminous rectangles. The orientation of "Blueing", however, presents an opportunity to recalibrate the artist's usual verticality of the Portal series, suggestive of transcendence, and transpose it to a horizontal plane implying connection rather than ascension. In the spirit of perceptual experimentation, the portal here, red, vividly set within the softer surrounding bands of color, provides a stronger contrast than usual and serves as a focal point anchoring the composition. An uncommon, if not unique, horizontal painting in the Portals series, "Blueing" underscores the complex interplay between an artist's intention, formal composition, and viewer perception. It engages us in a vibrant dialogue between the realms of the abstract and the visceral, encouraging a personal and immersive encounter. In 1970, Anuszkiewicz began the series Portals, a series of paintings consisting of upright rectangles formed from soft colors with vertical lines breaking up the color field and framing central, luminous rectangles. The orientation of "Blueing", however, presents an opportunity to recalibrate the artist's usual verticality of the Portal series, suggestive of transcendence, and transpose it to a horizontal plane implying connection rather than ascension. In the spirit of perceptual experimentation, the portal here, red, vividly set within the softer surrounding bands of color, provides a stronger contrast than usual and serves as a focal point anchoring the composition. An uncommon, if not unique, horizontal painting in the Portals series, "Blueing" underscores the complex interplay between an artist's intention, formal composition, and viewer perception. It engages us in a vibrant dialogue between the realms of the abstract and the visceral, encouraging a personal and immersive encounter. In 1970, Anuszkiewicz began the series Portals, a series of paintings consisting of upright rectangles formed from soft colors with vertical lines breaking up the color field and framing central, luminous rectangles. The orientation of "Blueing", however, presents an opportunity to recalibrate the artist's usual verticality of the Portal series, suggestive of transcendence, and transpose it to a horizontal plane implying connection rather than ascension. In the spirit of perceptual experimentation, the portal here, red, vividly set within the softer surrounding bands of color, provides a stronger contrast than usual and serves as a focal point anchoring the composition. An uncommon, if not unique, horizontal painting in the Portals series, "Blueing" underscores the complex interplay between an artist's intention, formal composition, and viewer perception. It engages us in a vibrant dialogue between the realms of the abstract and the visceral, encouraging a personal and immersive encounter. In 1970, Anuszkiewicz began the series Portals, a series of paintings consisting of upright rectangles formed from soft colors with vertical lines breaking up the color field and framing central, luminous rectangles. The orientation of "Blueing", however, presents an opportunity to recalibrate the artist's usual verticality of the Portal series, suggestive of transcendence, and transpose it to a horizontal plane implying connection rather than ascension. In the spirit of perceptual experimentation, the portal here, red, vividly set within the softer surrounding bands of color, provides a stronger contrast than usual and serves as a focal point anchoring the composition. An uncommon, if not unique, horizontal painting in the Portals series, "Blueing" underscores the complex interplay between an artist's intention, formal composition, and viewer perception. It engages us in a vibrant dialogue between the realms of the abstract and the visceral, encouraging a personal and immersive encounter. In 1970, Anuszkiewicz began the series Portals, a series of paintings consisting of upright rectangles formed from soft colors with vertical lines breaking up the color field and framing central, luminous rectangles. The orientation of "Blueing", however, presents an opportunity to recalibrate the artist's usual verticality of the Portal series, suggestive of transcendence, and transpose it to a horizontal plane implying connection rather than ascension. In the spirit of perceptual experimentation, the portal here, red, vividly set within the softer surrounding bands of color, provides a stronger contrast than usual and serves as a focal point anchoring the composition. An uncommon, if not unique, horizontal painting in the Portals series, "Blueing" underscores the complex interplay between an artist's intention, formal composition, and viewer perception. It engages us in a vibrant dialogue between the realms of the abstract and the visceral, encouraging a personal and immersive encounter. In 1970, Anuszkiewicz began the series Portals, a series of paintings consisting of upright rectangles formed from soft colors with vertical lines breaking up the color field and framing central, luminous rectangles. The orientation of "Blueing", however, presents an opportunity to recalibrate the artist's usual verticality of the Portal series, suggestive of transcendence, and transpose it to a horizontal plane implying connection rather than ascension. In the spirit of perceptual experimentation, the portal here, red, vividly set within the softer surrounding bands of color, provides a stronger contrast than usual and serves as a focal point anchoring the composition. An uncommon, if not unique, horizontal painting in the Portals series, "Blueing" underscores the complex interplay between an artist's intention, formal composition, and viewer perception. It engages us in a vibrant dialogue between the realms of the abstract and the visceral, encouraging a personal and immersive encounter. In 1970, Anuszkiewicz began the series Portals, a series of paintings consisting of upright rectangles formed from soft colors with vertical lines breaking up the color field and framing central, luminous rectangles. The orientation of "Blueing", however, presents an opportunity to recalibrate the artist's usual verticality of the Portal series, suggestive of transcendence, and transpose it to a horizontal plane implying connection rather than ascension. In the spirit of perceptual experimentation, the portal here, red, vividly set within the softer surrounding bands of color, provides a stronger contrast than usual and serves as a focal point anchoring the composition. An uncommon, if not unique, horizontal painting in the Portals series, "Blueing" underscores the complex interplay between an artist's intention, formal composition, and viewer perception. It engages us in a vibrant dialogue between the realms of the abstract and the visceral, encouraging a personal and immersive encounter. In 1970, Anuszkiewicz began the series Portals, a series of paintings consisting of upright rectangles formed from soft colors with vertical lines breaking up the color field and framing central, luminous rectangles. The orientation of "Blueing", however, presents an opportunity to recalibrate the artist's usual verticality of the Portal series, suggestive of transcendence, and transpose it to a horizontal plane implying connection rather than ascension. In the spirit of perceptual experimentation, the portal here, red, vividly set within the softer surrounding bands of color, provides a stronger contrast than usual and serves as a focal point anchoring the composition. An uncommon, if not unique, horizontal painting in the Portals series, "Blueing" underscores the complex interplay between an artist's intention, formal composition, and viewer perception. It engages us in a vibrant dialogue between the realms of the abstract and the visceral, encouraging a personal and immersive encounter.
Blueing197048 x 96 in.(121.92 x 243.84 cm) acrylic on canvas
Provenance
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
Private Collection, California
Exhibition
New York, New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, New Paintings by Richard Anuszkiewicz, February 10 - March 6, 1971
Ridgefield, Connecticut, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Highlights of the 1970-1971 Art Season, June 27 - September 19, 1971
Jacksonville, Florida, Jacksonville Art Museum, Anuszkiewicz, March 2 - March 26, 1972
Trenton, New Jersey, New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Curator’s Choice, February 1973 - March 1974
Literature
David Madden & Nicholas Spike, ...More...Anuszkiewicz Paintings and Sculpture 1945-2001, Centro Di, Firenze, IT, 2010, no. 1970.4, p. 163
 
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In 1970, Anuszkiewicz began the series Portals, a series of paintings consisting of upright rectangles formed from soft colors with vertical lines breaking up the color field and framing central, luminous rectangles. The orientation of "Blueing", however, presents an opportunity to recalibrate the artist's usual verticality of the Portal series, suggestive of transcendence, and transpose it to a horizontal plane implying connection rather than ascension. In the spirit of perceptual experimentation, the portal here, red, vividly set within the softer surrounding bands of color, provides a stronger contrast than usual and serves as a focal point anchoring the composition. An uncommon, if not unique, horizontal painting in the Portals series, "Blueing" underscores the complex interplay between an artist's intention, formal composition, and viewer perception. It engages us in a vibrant dialogue between the realms of the abstract and the visceral, encouraging a personal and immersive encounter.
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