By Way of Bangkok
I had the opportunity earlier this week to see Lending Artist Bea Modisett's new work up at HallSpace. The artist began this new series of paintings after returning from a solo adventure through Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia and Burma. Each painting's layering of additive and reductive mark-making and formations creates a dialogue concerning nature's tendency towards instability, regeneration, and destruction, a common theme throughout Modisett's work.
By Way of Bangkok; oil on canvas; 16 x 20”; image courtesy of the artist
Formally, the color palette finds affinities with cairns, man-made piles of rocks that serve as guidelines throughout wilderness.
Scarce Adjusted; oil on canvas; 16 x 20”; image courtesy of the artist
The installation up at HallSpace reads as a personal narrative for Modisett, as the work reflects on time spent alone while traveling, the journey’s elements of unpredictability and discovery, and the contemplation of convenience, comfort, and survival.
installation image: By Way of Bangkok; HallSpace
installation image: By Way of Bangkok; HallSpace
Read more about the artist, the work, and her reflection upon memory linked to location in this interview here.
Please join the artist this Saturday at the opening!
Bea Modisett : By Way of Bangkok
December 7, 2013 - January 25, 2014
Opening: December 7, 3-6pm
950 Dorchester Avenue
Boston, MA 02135
Congrats, Bea!
