Polly Apfelbaum Carpet Floor Paintings

Polly apfelbaum in conversation with connie butler chief curator at the hammer museum.

Polly apfelbaum carpet floor paintings.

Animal crossing inman gallery houston texas digital link on view july 3 august 29. Polly apfelbaum in conversation with david pagel art critic and professor of art theory and history at claremont university. Mar 09 2017 opening tomorrow. 100 paintings 100 years.

In apfelbaum s carpets color field has fallen to the floor. Sunday october 16 4pm bob nickas. New york based artist polly apfelbaum s work has situated itself as a hybrid of painting sculpture and installation over a career spanning 30 plus years. Like painting or sculpture apfelbaum s work relies heavily on color texture and form yet her textile pieces are created from materials formed into abstract shapes to create what she has termed fallen paintings.

On view now online. Exploring the intricacies of color apfelbaum weaves her way both literally and conceptually through ideas of minimalism pop aesthetics and color field painting to blur the lines. Instead of hanging on the wall contemporary artist polly apfelbaum s creations are displayed on the floor. Prints by polly apfelbaum.

She even calls such works fallen paintings metaphorically eve s trouble in the biblical garden hangs unavoidably in the air. 1955 is best known for her large scale installations and fallen paintings compositions of dyed synthetic fabrics that she places directly on the floor.