Carrie Secrist Gallery is happy to announce the second project in our series “CSG BTWXT” at our temporary gallery space, located at 1637 W. Chicago Ave in Chicago’s West Town neighborhood. BTWXT II will feature work by New York-based gallery artist Anne Lindberg.
Anne Lindberg’s presentation, titled Afterimage, explores the visceral elements of color as it relates theory, abstraction, and the proximity of the viewer’s experience. With a binding interest in color theory, Lindberg looks to the writings of Emily Noyes Vanderpoel, Mary Gartside and the experiments of Joseph Albers to investigate color complementariness, which, in concept, implies a shift in time and space. In her abstract line drawings, the smashing together of colors such as blue and yellow creates a “simultaneous contrast” which alters our perception of what color is (what is yellow and what is blue?).
Exploring the ideas of color as an “intangible essence” interplays with the material resonance of the colored pencil and graphite. Several of the works utilize multiple panels in composite to activate the play of space and color adjacencies. Lindberg’s interest in the emotional and visual powers of color generates arresting compositions of urgency and turbulence, quietude and harmony. The drawings collapse divisions between complementary colors, bringing forth a mysterious indeterminate state of individual and blended colors.
Afterimage opens alongside the release of Anne Lindberg’s new book with Dürer Editions (Dublin, Ireland). The publication includes work from the last ten years, interweaving images of immersive site-specific installations with drawings and four essays.
Books will be available for purchase at the gallery. A Collector’s Edition (edition of 12) with an original drawing and slipcase with the book is also available, as are a limited number of signed copies of the book. Please contact the gallery if you would like to pre-order.
Anne Lindberg, roots of how we measure 13, graphite and colored pencil on mat board, 40 x 50 inches