NANCY LORENZ – ALCHEMY
2020-01-06Nancy Lorenz’s work fuses a deep understanding of Post-War abstraction with a reverence for the craft and materials of traditional Asian art. Reinterpreting Japanese aestheticism with unrestrained brushwork often yielding unexpected results, Lorenz employs techniques that give material form to the relationship between fine art, craft, and design. The range of her pictoral gesture is closer to the modern abstraction of Joan Mitchell and Lee Krasner, combined with with traditionally-considered decorative techniques such as precious stone inlay, lacquer, and methods of water gilding and burnishing. The artist spent half a decade living in Tokyo, Japan, which left her with a deep understanding of luxurious materials, such as mother-of-pearl, kijiro-urushi (lacquer), and gold leaf, as well as the ability to employ them in painterly gestures that meditate on the Sublime.
Opposite – Landscape Study, 2018-2019
Exhibition runs through to January 26th, 2020
GAVLAK
340 Royal Poinciana Way, Suite M334
FL 33480
Palm Beach
