Pulled Out of the Shower Drain

Overlay, Oil on panel, 2017, 24x24inches

Mud, Oil on paper, 2017, approx. 9x5.5in

Bag, Oil on panel and paper, 2017, approx.18x22inches

Head, Oil on panel, 2017,12x12

Add On, Oil, graphite, and paper on panel, 2016, 12x12in

Weave, Oil on canvas, 2016, 23x24in

Posted on: May 10, 2017
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Description

My practice combines image making with the result of process. Each layer is vital in developing a history of accumulated depth in color and marks, where ultimately the interaction of materials dictates a painting?s progression. I am attracted to the idiosyncrasies of the material world through the internalization of pattern, color, and form. The grid is a structure I frequently use because I want to manipulate and challenge its rigidity and uniformity.

I see my work as a series of formal experimentations. Arts writer and critic, Lane Relyea, wrote about the resurgence of formalism in a 1998 essay, Virtually Formal. My favorite sentence is from the end of his argument. He states, ?Formalism has always been shot through with hybridity ? it dreams of purebreds and ends up describing mutts.? The idea of wanting to create a pure and beautiful object, contrasts with the reality of the messy, unwieldy, melded constructions that typically results. This filtration system of interpreting a material landscape culminates into a hybridity of inspiration and ideas, which I turn into images.




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Meg Hahn

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BFA Alumni

Major: Painting

Graduation Year: 2017


Artist Statement:

I am attracted to the idiosyncrasies of the material world through internalizing pattern, color, and form. The grid is a structure I frequently use because I want to manipulate and challenge its rigidity and uniformity. I see my work as a series of formal experimentations.

Arts writer and critic, Lane Relyea, wrote about the resurgence of formalism in a 1998 essay, Virtually Formal. My favorite sentence is from the end of his argument. He states, “Formalism has always been shot through with hybridity – it dreams of purebreds and ends up describing mutts.” The idea of wanting to create a pure and beautiful object, contrasts with the reality of the messy, unwieldy, melded constructions that typically results. This filtration system of interpreting a material landscape culminates into a hybridity of inspiration and ideas, which I turn into images.

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