Carrie Moyer - Paper Variable 2016
Edition 30 of 35
Carrie Moyer
Frisket, 2016
Pulp painted cotton base sheet with pigmented cotton stencil blowout
16.75 x 15.75 inches
Dieu Donné is pleased to release Frisket, a new Paper Variables commission by Carrie Moyer. Working with Studio Collaborator Amy Jacobs, the artist created a variable edition of 35 unique pulp paintings with shaped overlays. Through manipulating multiple matrices, each unique work forms a fluid motion of bold color contained within organic contours.
A frisket is a sheet of material, such as paper or metal, used to mask areas of an artwork so that ink is only applied to the exposed areas of the paper. Moyer engages this idea, while also allowing for spontaneous experimentation when applying pigmented pulp. The artist shapes her hand-painted applications with a “frisket”, a second layer of pigmented cotton, masking these underlying bursts of color. Her edition exemplifies the approach Moyer has often taken to her painting. In Moyer’s interview with Ian Barry, released in conjunction with her Pirate Jenny exhibition at The Tang Museum, Skidmore College, the artist describes, “I want [my paintings] to look at first like they are spontaneous...So one aspect of the work is looking back to Color Field painting and the notion of flowing paint as an intuitive gesture. In other words, letting the paint do what is does naturally...”. In Frisket, the artist utilizes her traditional painting techniques - pouring, layering, overlapping translucent pigments, and manipulation of paint through gravity - to create these individual works in paper.
About the Artist
Carrie Moyer is a a painter, writer and activist living in Brooklyn. She is widely known for her abstract paintings in which layers of media, as well as concept, research, and experience, are intermingled to sumptuous effect. The artist’s work is included in numerous public collections including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Worcester Art Museum, and the Tang Museum, Skidmore College. Moyer is represented by DC Moore Gallery and has received awards from the Guggenheim and Joan Mitchell Foundations, Anonymous Was a Woman, and Creative Capital among others. She earned her MFA from Bard College, an MA in Computer Graphics from New York Institute of Technology, and is currently an Associate Professor at Hunter College.
For more information, please visit her website:
https://www.carriemoyer.com/
About Paper Variables
Celebrate the possibilities! The Paper Variables series are unique collectable works in a limited edition. Each piece is handmade in our studios, and artists love the chance to experiment with different colors and additions to make each piece distinctive. For collectors, it’s an opportunity to acquire works by well known artists at an attractive price. Signed and numbered by the artist.