A vertical sheet of white paper with hand painted black text. The text fills the entire page and is stacked vertically with each word representing one layer of the stack. The text reads from top to bottom: “Purple Barbara horse white.” The only word split into two layers is Barbara, with the last two letters painted under the first 5, that is: “Barba” followed underneath by “ra”. There are a few splotches of black ink around the letters.

Online Exhibition: Purple Barbara, selected by Richard Zimmerman

About the Exhibition

The works in this exhibition move fluidly between letters, lines, texts, figures, signs, symbols, and a multitude of other forms both abstract and representational. I was drawn to these works primarily for the artists’ use of line, space, and color. Upon sustained viewing of the works (alone and together), I was struck by the echoing forms and energies that emerged within and between the works in the exhibition.

About the Selector

Richard Zimmerman is an interdisciplinary artist whose work spans various media, including sculpture, photography, sound, and drawing. His work explores the intersection of subjectivity and the built environment. He was recently an artist in residence at Real Time and Space in Oakland, CA. He is currently living and working in Oklahoma as a Tulsa Artist Fellow.

VIEW THIS EXHIBITION