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Q + A with Hudson 05.23.09 .seems you've made big jumps recently, in both vocabulary and technique. I suppose so, although almost everything in these paintings has appeared in my work before, just not all together. In this batch of work, I tried to think and plan as little as possible—no rules, everything on the table. .do you prepare for your paintings with sketches or studies? I do drawings that lead up to the paintings, but only very rarely do the paintings turn out exactly as the work leading up to them. Even when I try to transfer an idea exactly from a drawing to a painting, it never stays the way it starts. There are always adjustments, accidents, and new ideas that pop up while I am working. .why b/w? Why no color? It felt right. These pieces are very much involved with bipolarity/symmetry, and the opposition of black and white seems appropriate. A black-and-white image is not going to be confused with reality, so it can be depictive and abstract at the same time. |
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Untitled, 2009; acrylic paint on canvas; 24 x 18" |
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To Everything (arrayed), 2008; acrylic paint on canvas; two panels 72 x 48" each; 72 x 98" overall |
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Untitled, 2009; acrylic paint on canvas; 18 x 24" | |
Untitled, 2009; acrylic paint on canvas; 18 x 24" | |
To Everything (setting), 2009; acrylic paint on canvas, two panels 36 x 24" each; 36 x 48” overal |
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Untitled, 2009; acrylic paint on canvas; 18 x 24" | |
To Everything (narrow), 2009; acrylic paint on canvas; two panels 36 x 24" each; 36 x 48” overall |
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To Everything, 2009; acrylic paint on canvas; two panels 24 x 18" each; 24 x 36" overall; | |
Untitled, 2009; acrylic paint on canvas; 24 x 18 | |
To Everything (impossible), 2009;
acrylic paint on canvas; two panels 72 x 48" each; 72 x 98” overall |
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Untitled, 2009; acrylic paint on canvas; 12 x 16” | |
Untitled, 2009; acrylic paint on canvas; two panels 18 x 14" each; 18 x 28" overall | |
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