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Lisa Nankivil

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Magenta, 2005

Magenta, 2005
Magenta, 2005

Oil on wood panel / 80 x 36 in.

Magenta, 2005 | Media List


Statement

----Collection: Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis

Reviews

Grounded in the modernist tradition which sees pure color as a metaphor for the immaterial and the spiritual, Lisa Nankivil explores paint’s ability to signify the essence of experience while leaving the representation of objects behind. In her stripe paintings Nankivil addresses the aesthetic problematic of the body’s relationship to the horizontal and vertical. Her large horizontal compositions are soothing and inviting, as the basic verticality of the human body positions the viewer in a relation of dominance relative to their rippling expansive, recumbent forms. Nankivil’s vertical compositions confront the viewer with uplifting optical pathways that orient us toward ascent. Opaque and semi transparent ribbons of variegated color flicker and skip across the surfaces of Nankivil’s canvases, flooding the senses with remarkably vivid associations and memories. These paintings communicate the idea of speed and movement; but more than anything they remind us of tastes, smells, and the feel of pleasurable things- orange saltwater toffee, rose petals, dark chocolate, pink wet skin, black velvet, blue sky bright with sun, melon, salty sea water and lavender gray dawn.

---Patricia Briggs, Ph.D.

Courtesy Patricia Briggs and Thomas McCormick Gallery, Chicago, 2005
www.thomasmccormick.com