Kies een stemming en de kamer zelf antwoordt — het licht koelt of warmt op, de sfeer verandert van tempo, en alleen de werken die dat gevoel belichamen, treden naar voren uit de duisternis. De rest verdwijnt in de schaduw.
A Singular Vision of Texture and Form Laura Owens, born in Euclid, Ohio, in 1970, stands as a transformative figure within the landscape of contemporary American art. Her emergence in the late 1990s from the vibrant Los Angeles art scene marked the arrival of a painter who would redefine the boundaries between abstraction and figuration. Owens’s work is characterized by an obsessive preoccupation with texture, where she layers pigment
onto surfaces with meticulous care to create intricate, tactile patterns that defy easy categorization. This singular vision stems from a deeply rooted fascination with both scientific observation and poetic contemplation, a duality that breathes life into her complex, multi-layered canvases. Her artistic journey was shaped by a rigorous academic foundation, having studied at the Rhode Island School of Design and the California Instit…