JOANNA POUSETTE-DART (geb. 1947)

 
<div>Joanna Pousette-Dart’s 3 Part Variation No. 11 (2017) is composed of three stacked, curvilinear canvases—forms that resemble canoe hulls or slices of a circle—rising in scale from bottom to top. Each panel has its own restrained palette of blues, yellows, and grays, distinct yet resonant with the others. The proportions and curves echo from one to the next, yet no two forms are alike. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>Within each panel, broad areas of flat color are bisected by rounded shapes whose outer contours align with the painting’s edge. Layered over these are linear arabesque-like structures that visually rhyme—but never directly repeat—the panels’ curves, creating a dynamic interplay between inner drawing and outer shape. The result is both lyrical and precise, a composition where subtle variations generate a complex harmony. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>The beauty of 3 Part Variation No. 11 lies in these relationships: how forms mirror, diverge, and converge across the three canvases. The effect is meditative, like a visual equation that is at once architectural and deeply personal. </div> <div>Joanna Pousette-Dart’s 3 Part Variation No. 11 (2017) is composed of three stacked, curvilinear canvases—forms that resemble canoe hulls or slices of a circle—rising in scale from bottom to top. Each panel has its own restrained palette of blues, yellows, and grays, distinct yet resonant with the others. The proportions and curves echo from one to the next, yet no two forms are alike. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>Within each panel, broad areas of flat color are bisected by rounded shapes whose outer contours align with the painting’s edge. Layered over these are linear arabesque-like structures that visually rhyme—but never directly repeat—the panels’ curves, creating a dynamic interplay between inner drawing and outer shape. The result is both lyrical and precise, a composition where subtle variations generate a complex harmony. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>The beauty of 3 Part Variation No. 11 lies in these relationships: how forms mirror, diverge, and converge across the three canvases. The effect is meditative, like a visual equation that is at once architectural and deeply personal. </div> <div>Joanna Pousette-Dart’s 3 Part Variation No. 11 (2017) is composed of three stacked, curvilinear canvases—forms that resemble canoe hulls or slices of a circle—rising in scale from bottom to top. Each panel has its own restrained palette of blues, yellows, and grays, distinct yet resonant with the others. The proportions and curves echo from one to the next, yet no two forms are alike. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>Within each panel, broad areas of flat color are bisected by rounded shapes whose outer contours align with the painting’s edge. Layered over these are linear arabesque-like structures that visually rhyme—but never directly repeat—the panels’ curves, creating a dynamic interplay between inner drawing and outer shape. The result is both lyrical and precise, a composition where subtle variations generate a complex harmony. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>The beauty of 3 Part Variation No. 11 lies in these relationships: how forms mirror, diverge, and converge across the three canvases. The effect is meditative, like a visual equation that is at once architectural and deeply personal. </div> <div>Joanna Pousette-Dart’s 3 Part Variation No. 11 (2017) is composed of three stacked, curvilinear canvases—forms that resemble canoe hulls or slices of a circle—rising in scale from bottom to top. Each panel has its own restrained palette of blues, yellows, and grays, distinct yet resonant with the others. The proportions and curves echo from one to the next, yet no two forms are alike. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>Within each panel, broad areas of flat color are bisected by rounded shapes whose outer contours align with the painting’s edge. Layered over these are linear arabesque-like structures that visually rhyme—but never directly repeat—the panels’ curves, creating a dynamic interplay between inner drawing and outer shape. The result is both lyrical and precise, a composition where subtle variations generate a complex harmony. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>The beauty of 3 Part Variation No. 11 lies in these relationships: how forms mirror, diverge, and converge across the three canvases. The effect is meditative, like a visual equation that is at once architectural and deeply personal. </div> <div>Joanna Pousette-Dart’s 3 Part Variation No. 11 (2017) is composed of three stacked, curvilinear canvases—forms that resemble canoe hulls or slices of a circle—rising in scale from bottom to top. Each panel has its own restrained palette of blues, yellows, and grays, distinct yet resonant with the others. The proportions and curves echo from one to the next, yet no two forms are alike. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>Within each panel, broad areas of flat color are bisected by rounded shapes whose outer contours align with the painting’s edge. Layered over these are linear arabesque-like structures that visually rhyme—but never directly repeat—the panels’ curves, creating a dynamic interplay between inner drawing and outer shape. The result is both lyrical and precise, a composition where subtle variations generate a complex harmony. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>The beauty of 3 Part Variation No. 11 lies in these relationships: how forms mirror, diverge, and converge across the three canvases. The effect is meditative, like a visual equation that is at once architectural and deeply personal. </div> <div>Joanna Pousette-Dart’s 3 Part Variation No. 11 (2017) is composed of three stacked, curvilinear canvases—forms that resemble canoe hulls or slices of a circle—rising in scale from bottom to top. Each panel has its own restrained palette of blues, yellows, and grays, distinct yet resonant with the others. The proportions and curves echo from one to the next, yet no two forms are alike. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>Within each panel, broad areas of flat color are bisected by rounded shapes whose outer contours align with the painting’s edge. Layered over these are linear arabesque-like structures that visually rhyme—but never directly repeat—the panels’ curves, creating a dynamic interplay between inner drawing and outer shape. The result is both lyrical and precise, a composition where subtle variations generate a complex harmony. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>The beauty of 3 Part Variation No. 11 lies in these relationships: how forms mirror, diverge, and converge across the three canvases. The effect is meditative, like a visual equation that is at once architectural and deeply personal. </div> <div>Joanna Pousette-Dart’s 3 Part Variation No. 11 (2017) is composed of three stacked, curvilinear canvases—forms that resemble canoe hulls or slices of a circle—rising in scale from bottom to top. Each panel has its own restrained palette of blues, yellows, and grays, distinct yet resonant with the others. The proportions and curves echo from one to the next, yet no two forms are alike. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>Within each panel, broad areas of flat color are bisected by rounded shapes whose outer contours align with the painting’s edge. Layered over these are linear arabesque-like structures that visually rhyme—but never directly repeat—the panels’ curves, creating a dynamic interplay between inner drawing and outer shape. The result is both lyrical and precise, a composition where subtle variations generate a complex harmony. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>The beauty of 3 Part Variation No. 11 lies in these relationships: how forms mirror, diverge, and converge across the three canvases. The effect is meditative, like a visual equation that is at once architectural and deeply personal. </div> <div>Joanna Pousette-Dart’s 3 Part Variation No. 11 (2017) is composed of three stacked, curvilinear canvases—forms that resemble canoe hulls or slices of a circle—rising in scale from bottom to top. Each panel has its own restrained palette of blues, yellows, and grays, distinct yet resonant with the others. The proportions and curves echo from one to the next, yet no two forms are alike. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>Within each panel, broad areas of flat color are bisected by rounded shapes whose outer contours align with the painting’s edge. Layered over these are linear arabesque-like structures that visually rhyme—but never directly repeat—the panels’ curves, creating a dynamic interplay between inner drawing and outer shape. The result is both lyrical and precise, a composition where subtle variations generate a complex harmony. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>The beauty of 3 Part Variation No. 11 lies in these relationships: how forms mirror, diverge, and converge across the three canvases. The effect is meditative, like a visual equation that is at once architectural and deeply personal. </div> <div>Joanna Pousette-Dart’s 3 Part Variation No. 11 (2017) is composed of three stacked, curvilinear canvases—forms that resemble canoe hulls or slices of a circle—rising in scale from bottom to top. Each panel has its own restrained palette of blues, yellows, and grays, distinct yet resonant with the others. The proportions and curves echo from one to the next, yet no two forms are alike. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>Within each panel, broad areas of flat color are bisected by rounded shapes whose outer contours align with the painting’s edge. Layered over these are linear arabesque-like structures that visually rhyme—but never directly repeat—the panels’ curves, creating a dynamic interplay between inner drawing and outer shape. The result is both lyrical and precise, a composition where subtle variations generate a complex harmony. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>The beauty of 3 Part Variation No. 11 lies in these relationships: how forms mirror, diverge, and converge across the three canvases. The effect is meditative, like a visual equation that is at once architectural and deeply personal. </div> <div>Joanna Pousette-Dart’s 3 Part Variation No. 11 (2017) is composed of three stacked, curvilinear canvases—forms that resemble canoe hulls or slices of a circle—rising in scale from bottom to top. Each panel has its own restrained palette of blues, yellows, and grays, distinct yet resonant with the others. The proportions and curves echo from one to the next, yet no two forms are alike. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>Within each panel, broad areas of flat color are bisected by rounded shapes whose outer contours align with the painting’s edge. Layered over these are linear arabesque-like structures that visually rhyme—but never directly repeat—the panels’ curves, creating a dynamic interplay between inner drawing and outer shape. The result is both lyrical and precise, a composition where subtle variations generate a complex harmony. </div><br><br><div> </div><br><br><div>The beauty of 3 Part Variation No. 11 lies in these relationships: how forms mirror, diverge, and converge across the three canvases. The effect is meditative, like a visual equation that is at once architectural and deeply personal. </div>
3-teilige Variation Nr. 11201776 3/4 x 91 1/2 x 1 1/12 Zoll(194,31 x 232,41 x 3,81 cm) Acryl, Leinwand, Holzplatten
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Joanna Pousette-Darts „3 Part Variation No. 11” (2017) besteht aus drei übereinander angeordneten, kurvenförmigen Leinwänden – Formen, die an Kanuhüllen oder Kreisschnitte erinnern – deren Größe von unten nach oben zunimmt. Jede Leinwand hat ihre eigene zurückhaltende Farbpalette aus Blau-, Gelb- und Grautönen, die sich voneinander unterscheiden und dennoch miteinander harmonieren. Die Proportionen und Kurven spiegeln sich von einer zur nächsten wider, doch keine zwei Formen sind gleich.





Innerhalb jeder Tafel werden große Flächen mit flächigen Farben durch abgerundete Formen geteilt, deren Außenkonturen mit dem Rand des Gemäldes übereinstimmen. Darüber liegen lineare, arabeskenartige Strukturen, die visuell mit den Kurven der Tafeln harmonieren, diese jedoch nie direkt wiederholen, wodurch ein dynamisches Wechselspiel zwischen innerer Zeichnung und äußerer Form entsteht. Das Ergebnis ist sowohl lyrisch als auch präzise, eine Komposition, in der subtile Variationen eine komplexe Harmonie erzeugen.





Die Schönheit von „3 Part Variation No. 11“ liegt in diesen Beziehungen: wie sich Formen über die drei Leinwände hinweg spiegeln, auseinanderlaufen und wieder zusammenlaufen. Der Effekt ist meditativ, wie eine visuelle Gleichung, die gleichzeitig architektonisch und zutiefst persönlich ist.
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