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Oculus. Number 54 Painting
United States
Painting, Oil on Paper
Size: 15 W x 15 H x 1 D in
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About The Artwork
The circle motif has been one of the constants in the visual lexicon that Dintenfass has employed throughout her work. Evoking a wide range of mathematical, historical and philosophical references—from cellular microcosms to celestial macrocosms—Dintenfass has sustained a perceptive investigation of this iconic, essential shape. Whereas some of her oculi are made with strong gestural marks, revealing the presence of Dintenfass' hand, others make use of a highly controlled, hard-edge matrix derived from ring-like templates of her own design. The tension between these two modes, organic and mathematical, becomes a critical element of the series, playing against each other's similarities and differences. Dintenfass' Oculus works are also influenced by her concerns for architectural space and scale. The oculus (Latin for "eye") originated in Antiquity as a circular opening, often at the top of a dome. The oculus allowed a focused beam of natural light to illuminate a building's interior; this illumination changed with the hour, weather conditions and season. Thus, even though the “opening" remained constant, its interaction with and control of light, and the fact that one can see both into and out of an oculus, is full of provocative dichotomies, meanings and visual possibilities. This is one source of Dintenfass' fascination with the conceptual possibilities of oculi; of the "palpable, full body impact" of experiencing the oculus’ circular shaft of light animating monumental temples, churches and other ancient buildings she has encountered in Italy and Turkey, as well as more recent encounters including James Turrell’s Roden Crater. Here, the Oculus works—enigmatic, hypnotic and meditative—bring together and fully embody Dintenfass' interest in the phenomenological impact and meaning of the physical and conceptual Oculus.
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Painting:Oil on Paper
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:15 W x 15 H x 1 D in
Frame:White
Ready to Hang:Not applicable
Packaging:Ships in a Box
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Marylyn Dintenfass’ work is major private and public collections in the United States, Europe, and Asia, including recent acquisitions by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Minneapolis Institute of Arts and Musée d'art moderne et d'art contemporain in Nice. Her work has been widely reviewed, including “Modern Painters Magazine reviewing two of her recent exhibitions at Driscoll Babcock Galleries, New York among the year’s top 100 shows internationally. PARALLEL PARK, her 2010 public installation at the Lee County Justice Center in Fort Myers, Florida, one of the largest and most acclaimed permanent public art installations of the last decade was featured in ARTNews. Dintenfass has twice been a MacDowell Fellow and has received both an Individual Artist Fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts and two Project Grants from the National Endowment for the Arts.
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